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 …
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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 …
Ocoee Drawdown 2022
The last week of September is Ocoee Drawdown, where the Ocoee runs the entire week. During the week of Drawdown the Ocoee has little to no raft traffic (literally a couple of rafts here and there). You can paddle the …
Upper Gauley First-Timers Trip
Upper Gauley First-Timers Trip Report by Wayne Jones Trip Coordinator – Morgan Randell September 24, 25 2022 Trip participants: Morgan Randell, Ashley Cowan, Sejal Kinker, Marcy Fleeharty, Mike McDonough, Joe Marincel (first-timer), Wayne Jones (first-timer). The responsibility of …
These boots are made for walking? In the Haw?
By Bob Brueckner We interrupt this warm September day to bring you an important message: A pair of paddlers found a pair of hiking boots just downstream of Lunchstop Rapid on the Lower Haw. The boots appeared high and dry …
New River Gorge as part of New River Gorge Rendezvous
New River Trip report 9/4-5/2022 Think of this as sort of a sub-report for the New River Rendezvous, organized by Ken Dubel and the Coastal Canoeists, with Monocacy Canoe Club, Carolina Canoe Club, and others as invitees. Traditionally, this is …
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Yough’ing
John MacDonald and I decided to make a week-long trip up to the lower section of the Youghiogheny River, joined by Jim Keihn. We also paddled with other groups for a couple of days. The Youghiogheny River (Yough for short, …
Smith River in Virginia
On Saturday, August 13, eight boaters from the Carolina Canoe Club and Coastal Canoeists met at 11 a.m. at the takeout (North Bassett Canoe Access) at Trenthill Drive in Bassett, Virginia to paddle the Smith River in Virginia: Linda Grasfeder …
Pigeon and FB9
Paddlers – Joe, Sam, Jay, and Lee The base plan was to paddle the Pigeon Gorge on Saturday and French Broad section 9 (FB9) on Sunday. We were hoping for enough rain to bring the Nolichucky, Big Laurel, or the …
Slice & play the Middle Ocoee
We had a small group on the Middle Ocoee on a hot WOR day slice, dice and play our way down the river. New moves were tried, old ones improved on, and others tried only once (for obvious reasons). Dave …