We Swam!
Over the winter I outfitted my 16' Old Town Canoe Penobscot with a spray deck. This is in an effort to get my wife out white water paddling with me more and also to take on less water in the canoe.
I decided that the Nanty would be the best trip to test out the spray deck since last time we paddled the canoe on the Nanty it swamped several times. I posted the trip and had one paddler express interest in joining, and then he was a no show.
There are still openings for the April 9 – 15 week of this activity (the last week it will occur this year). If you miss it this year, there will be three weeks of this trip on 2018. Contact Kirk at one of the links below to enquire about participating.
Yeah I did Spam you and your Momma for a few months. It seems to have worked. Thank you everyone who made the trip. You kindness is inspiring as is the Ministry distributing the food. I am so very thankful you guys made this happen.
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.
For the first time in my trip coordinator experience, I actually knew who was coming a week in advance. While I was staying all week, this was a strange trip, as every day or two I changed paddling companions.
Not really an official club trip but rather a last minute gettogether. Thought I would report it for those unfamiliar with New Hope. It is a delightful class 2/3 creek run in the triangle, about 6 miles long, runnable only after heavy rain that usually puts the Haw in flood stage. It comes up and goes down fast, so runnable window is small. Putin at bridge on Turkey Farm Road in northern chapel hill, take out at next highway bridge which is Erwin Road. The creek runs through Korstian section of Duke Forest (scenic).
Big Water Bring Your Momma III Trip Report.
Your momma makes the best shake and bake fried chicken in the world. She just gets shaking and baking. I never once felt sorry for that chicken. Getting swirled, thumped up and down, covered in whatever happens to be in that bag and then thrown onto the hot grease. That poor chicken gets devoured, everyone nearby wants a piece and there are always oohs and ahhhs. Shake and bake is tough way to go for a chicken or a cboater with a missed line. Moving right along.
Trip Report – French Broad River, Section 9, 8/13/2016. Level 2,100 cfs.
Wayne Jones (trip coordinator), Lee Thonus, Jim Cyrek, Joshua Gross.
Hot August day, lots of paddlers at the Barnard put-in around 11 am. We decided to set shuttle at Hot Springs, and do both sections, from Barnard to Stackhouse, and then Stackhouse to Hot Springs. This a first time trip on the French Broad for Joshua, with 2 days on the Nantahala and a few Tuck trips under his belt.
Level: 6"
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