French Broad Section 9
A gorgeous day on FB9; about 77 degrees and sunny, with very few clouds, running about 1500 cfs. The three of us made good time from Barnard to Stackhouse, stopping to surf at Sandy Bottom, and enjoying some eddy hopping …
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Families Paddle Too ’23 – 11th edition
Despite some less than optimal weather for paddling with younger folks, a hardy group of family paddlers showed up for the 11th edition of Families Paddle Too at Smoky Mountain Meadows for the Memorial Day Weekend. We had families from North …
US National WW Center CCC Trip
We had a crew of 10 boaters show up to the whitewater center for the CCC trip! Experience ranged from first time to seasoned veterans. We took off initially as a crew and started working our way down the wilderness …
Nolichucky – May 20
We had a (motley) crew of 7. Air temperature hovered around 70 and the flow was ~ 1000 cfs on the Embreeville gauge. (neither scrapey nor high) Everyone had been down the Noli before. We used the USA Raft van …
April on the French Broad
CCC Trip Report French Broad River, Section 9, April 22 and 23, 2023 – trip coordinator Wayne Jones Flow: around 2,500 cfs on Saturday falling to 2,400 cfs or so on Sunday French Broad Section 9 is just north of …
Scrapey Upper Richland Creek
We had a good, scrapey morning adventure on the upper part of Richland Creek. I have done further downstream in the past and had high hopes for the upper part, just southeast of Asheboro, NC. Unfortunately, it did not rain …
MMRT 2023
MMRT 2023 So many cool people doing so many cool things! How about some highlights and shoutouts? 66 people in boats! Rockingham Now for the awesome newspaper article Liz for the sausage balls. Sandra David for the shortbread cookies. Gordon …
Early AM Haw Run
— Testing Email Forwarders with a Trip Report — We ran the lower haw very early on the morning of 2022/02/15. This time of year it’s light enough to paddle at 0645. We were on the river by 0700 with …
Fall Colors Paddle – 2022
Seventeen paddlers gathered on October 29th to paddle the Hanging Rock to Moratock Park section of the Dan River. The water level was very low so we had to scoot through a few spots but for me at least, it …
Punks at the Park Friday Edition
Punks at the Park Friday Edition. Several well-known Punks showed up along with a few new wannabees. It’s always great to see Dennis Huntley ” Gandoff”, Splatty Matty Daniels, Bret Harrison, Vince Davis, Steve Goetzinger, and Chris Chandler. We misled …