April Day on the Eno
April 1, found me on the Eno River (@4 feet) with CCC friends, John F, Bob B, Rick S, Jeff D, and John McD. “My Goodness Joanie,” I could hear my mother say, “You are blessed with the best!” The …
Archives: Trip Reports
Haw Trip Cancelled BUT Falls Dam instead
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 …
Rocky (CF) PFD Trip
Many CCCers Flock to the Rocky after a rain to catch the elusive Rocky. Well today we had 8 paddlers in our group and 5 of us were running it for the first time. There was also some regulars that …
French Broad Section 6
We had planned to kayak the Upper Green and canoe the Lower Green on Sunday Jan 17, but on Saturday it didn’t look like there was going to be a release so we did a back up plan of French …
A bad day on the Flat River
Richard Mann and I pulled up to the low water bridge on NC State Forest Rd. last Sunday. The water was just deep enough going over the bridge that I would not dare to drive across it. I have run …
SWR on Lower Haw /Discussion
This was posted on CCC Facebook page for discussion and I am now re writing it and adding all the comments and advise taken from that discussion. On November 15th, Myself, Steve Johnson, and Mark and Angela Wiseman paddled …
10 days at the Upper Yough
After gathering advice from fellow kayakers on the Yough, I decided to take a family trip to WV. After all, it's further north and in the mountains, promising a break from the heat in central NC. And I was warned about the area being wet. Very wet. My aim was at the Upper Yough due to scheduled releases (Fridays, Saturdays, Mondays) and its IV-V.0 level. Drew, who I know from the Watauga, was willing to show me down the first two days.
Cape Fear River 2.62 Ft/1500 CFS
David Freeman, Bryce Linacre, and myself paddled the popular section of Wildlife Rd(Lillington) to Erwin on the Cape Fear River.
Running a seldom-seen section of the Rocky
River: Rocky (Cape Fear River Basin)
Section: Pittsboro-Goldston Road (Chatham County 1010) to Chatham Church Road (Chatham County 1953)
Length: 4.4 miles
Paddlers: Bobby Simpson, OC-1; Bob Brueckner, K-1
Weather: mid-40s, overcast, mostly calm
Level: Crutchfield Crossroads (17.8 cfs), Siler City (228 cfs) and Tick Creek (34.0 cfs) Also several perennial and intermittent creeks
By Bob Brueckner
Joe Greiner Toast/Roast Photos WOR 2019
Link to photos from Joe Greiner gathering Week of Rivers 2019
email me if you want me to send the link to you or if you can't retrieve these. Johnson Rice gjrice@live.com