Due to the wild popularity of this event, this event is currently full (for registration at Appletree), and on-line registration is closed. For more information, contact Joan Monnig, Coordinator  cruise.chair@carolinacanoeclub.org

Register below for the Families Paddle Too! Memorial Weekend Event using Paypal or Google Checkout.  This registration will cover camping at Appletree Group Camp starting Friday Night May 24th through Monday morning May 27th. 

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I had posted a trip for the first weekend in March hoping we would have a combination of warm weather and good water on the Tellico.  Looking at the river level the Monday before looked promising but the weather forecast was calling for highs in the upper 30s and lows in the mid-20s with snow for the weekend.  I kept checking the forecast but by Wednesday it actually looked less promising.  I decided to postpone the trip, hoping for more favorable weather.

 

On the second weekend in June, 19 youth and teen paddlers descended on Bryson City for a paddling clinic held by the Foothills Paddling Club and Carolina Canoe Club.  The students ranged in age from 7 to 18, with almost every age in-between.  Skill levels ranged from, “what’s an eddy?” to “why aren’t we on the Ocoee?”  The students were divided into three groups – beginner, novice, and intermediate, with 2 instructors for each group.