Neuse from Smithfield to Seven Springs
Neuse River Nov 2023 compressed 6 Our trip was 76 miles. Day 1 was 16 miles from Smithfield where we put in to the Howell Woods campground. Day 2 was 32 miles to a campground near Old Waynesborough Park. Day …
Neuse River Nov 2023 compressed 6 Our trip was 76 miles. Day 1 was 16 miles from Smithfield where we put in to the Howell Woods campground. Day 2 was 32 miles to a campground near Old Waynesborough Park. Day …
River forecasting can be difficult, as I found out last week when The Middle- Lower Haw Trip had to be cancelled due to very high water. More than 24 hours earlier I changed the trip to Falls Dam, and FB …
Trip participants:-K1:- Patrick Pugh, John Harper, Kevin Tuttle, Paul Scrutton
We paddled the Milburnie Dam to Poole Rd section of the Neuse river.The trip was 3.5 miles long. Level was 135cfs (1.14' on the online gauge).
While Kevin and I had paddled this section before, it was Patrick's first time on this section of the river and it was John's first time paddling a kayak on a river.
The trip was quite uneventful, no flips. At one of the rapids we all did a little surfing on a small wave.