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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).

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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.

 

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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.

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Trip report for June 18, 2016.  Co-sponsored by Carolina Canoe Club and Coastal Canoeists.

Text by Jenny Wiley

Illustrations by Harrison and Isabelle Compton

 

Participants:  Jenny Wiley and Izzy Compton (OC2), Tim (Daddy) and Harrison Compton (OC2), Sarah (Mommy) and David (Poppa) Compton (sit-on-tops), Martha James (IK1), Sally Wetzler (K1), JJ Festa (K1), Janal Lindner (K1), Bob Morris (SUP), and Amy (Gran) Compton (shuttle).

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