River: Other

May 19, 2012 – Upper Meadow

When I posted this trip back in April, I was hopeful that there would be water in West Virginia on the weekend of the trip.  On the Monday before the trip, West Virginia got a pretty good rain, but as the week wore on, many of the West Virginia creeks started dropping out.  First the Back Fork of the Elk dropped below minimum, followed by the Cranberry.  I was starting to worry.  But by Thursday, it looked like the Meadow would hold, so we headed to West Virginia on Friday afternoon. 

Participants:

Saturday on the Ocoee – Woody O'brian, Jon Godwin, Fast Fred Ruddock, John Z

Sunday on the Nantahala – Julie and Barry Schmidt, Jeffrey Hatcher, Woody O'brian, Jon Godwin, John Z

Perfect weather, both for paddling and camping. We got two runs on the Middle Ocoee on Saturday, the first (almost) to ourselves. On Sunday, we paddled the Nantahala, again with the river (mostly) to ourselves. Great weekend. Thanks to the fun crew.

Rich Ruhlen and Joan Monnig send sincere thanks to all for making the CCC Easter Trip a success!

We had great weather with pleasant sunny days.  You can’t beat rain on Thursday to fill the rivers for Friday/Saturday/Sunday paddling fun!

Trips were run on:

we just returned from 6 days of paddling and camping in the Fla Everglades. It was especially memorable as we did a loop thru the area highlighted in the great book "Shadow Country" by Peter Mattheissen, which 4 of us had read or listened to on DVD.

Surf Kayak Level 3 Clinic.

Ft Fisher, NC. 9/3/11

Participants :-

Paul Scrutton (Instructor)

Jon Godwin (Assistant)

Daniel Richardson

Sharon Price

Frank Ladd

Maria Gibson