2019 Spring Novice Trip on the Upper Haw
| River: | Haw |
| Skill: | Beginner |
| Trip Date: | 05/04/2019 |
A weird rain schedule for the spring had me despairing for a good novice run. The Middle Haw and Eno were too low, but the Fear, due to current lake levels, was too high. Digging back through my trips journal, I found notes for running the Upper Haw at levels below where I'd run the Middle (Haw at Haw river of about 4.3). Perfect. I hadn't announced the specifics for the trip to avoid the problem of having to redirect everyone at the last minute (and risk missing someone). I sent out notification Friday night, answered a few questions about where we were meeting, and awaited the upcoming day. For convenience we met at the takeout, easy to find on 15-501. The 10 of us arranged boats and shuttle. Morgan's wife (Tonya) volunteered to play shuttle bunny so only a couple vehicles would be left at the start of the run by Chicken Bridge. It was a good novice day. The weather was gorgeous. Several people had brought their kids (for varying definition of kid). We had one planned wet exit (and one unplanned). We stopped for snacks for a while along the way. At the takeout everyone was smiles. A few of us went to Allen's Barbecue as we all went our separate ways. I even returned with everyone I started with.