River: Tellico

11 boaters on my favorite stretch of water.  Great level a little over 2 feet and a gem for the summer.  We ran the middle from the Bridge below Jared’s Knee to about 4 miles downstream.  5 of the 11 …

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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.

Paddlers: Jim Wei, Milton Wicker, Woody O’Brian, Russ Scheve, Ben Gilbert, Jim Wendling, Tom Van Wittenkind, Jill Dinsdale, Knut Raldoff, Tripp Culbreth, Elizabeth Gardner

I decide two days before the weekend that my creeking trip will be on the Tellico, and I hope it stays above 1.8’ to make the drive worth it for the ten suckers signed up for my trip.