Trip History

04/13/96 Haw - Chicken Br. to 15-501 - 0' 6.5 miles Class I-II
04/14/96 Haw - 15-501 to 64 - 0' ~4.0 miles Class I-II
04/20/96 Haw - 64 down - 0' ~4.0 miles Class II-III (a blast BTW!)
04/27/96 Haw - Chicken Br. to 15-501 - 0' Ill-fated canoe trip
04/27/96 Haw - 15-501 to 64 - 0' With the few survivors
05/03/96 Haw - 15-501 to 64 - 0'
05/04/96 Cape Fear - Lillington - +2.5' Woo Hoo! More water is GOOD!
05/05/96 Eno - Cole Mill to Guess - 0' Runnable, but rocky.
05/06/96 Eno - Guess to Roxboro - 0' More runnable, but still rocky.
05/07/96 Eno - Guess to Roxboro - +1' Not rocky any more. :)
05/10/96 Eno - Pleasant Green to Guess - +.6" More water near the end.
05/11/96 Neuse - SR 2000 to Hwy. 1 - 2.2'USGS Pleasant quick run; only rapids at beginning.
05/16/96 Eno - Guess to Roxboro - +1' Solo
05/17/96 Flat - 501 +1'? Remember the dam!
05/25/96 Beach at Hatteras
05/26/96 Beach at Kittyhawk
05/30/96 Eno - Cole Mill to Roxboro +1' Solo
06/02/96 Cape Fear - Lillington +1.75'
06/09/96 Cape Fear - Lillington -1' or so (it was LOW).
06/10/96 Eno River/Falls Lake - God only knows where; we were lost when we found it.
06/13/96 Eno - Cole Mill to Roxboro 2' --> 0' Don't, just DON'T start at 8pm in a thunderstorm
07/02/96 Eno River/Falls Lake - "Where has all the water gone, long time ..."
07/13/96 Eno River/Falls Lake - 'Nother group trip
07/27/96 Sea Level, NC - 'Nother group trip surfing at the beach
08/07/96 Eno - Cole Mill to Guess 3' USGS
08/17/96 Sea Level, NC - Outer Banks - 'Nother group trip camping on the Outer Banks.
08/25/96 Haw River - 15-501 - Robeson Crk. USGS 3.6. Just barely high enough; we saw lots of stuck canoes.
09/02/96 Little River - to 501 USGS 2.45. Just barely high enough. Do you REALLY need a permit?
09/04/96 Haw River - Chicken Br. to 15-501 - USGS 6.25
09/07/96 Eno River - Pleasant Green to Roxboro - USGS 4.7. More water is GOOD.
09/08/96 Haw River - 15-501 to Hwy. 64 - 4.0' (4:30pm) - What rocks?
09/09/96 Haw River - 15-501 to Hwy 64 - 2.0' (6:30pm) - Dropped 6" in the time it took to run.
09/15/96 Broad River- Not nearly enough water, and with more it'd be mostly flat
09/21/96 Haw River - Chicken Br. to 64 - Another group trip. Upper was fine w/ ~3.8', but NOT the Mid.
10/08/96 Haw River - 15-501 to Robeson - Whoops! 9' is just TOO much water
10/19/96 Little River - Both sections. USGS 2.7. Upper section unrunnable due to trees. Still needs more H20
10/20/96 Haw River - 15-501 to Robeson - 4.9 USGS
10/20/96 Found out the Rocky was at -14" at 3:30
11/09/96 Little River - Lower section. 2.5' USGS. Still runnable. 52 degrees is getting cold tho.
11/26/96 Haw River - Chicken Br. to 501. ~4.3 USGS. Plenty of water (for kayaks at least).
12/01/96 Haw River - 15-501 to Robeson. 4.8 USGS. Getting a bit cold and a bit low, but manageable at 60 Deg.
01/05/97 Little River - Not nearly enough kayaking going on. New USGS gauge which changes lvl from 2.1' to 1.7' (2.1' is, BTW, too low).
01/22/97 Little River - 1.7" by the new gauge. Needs more water (and less ice at the end)
02/22/97 Eno River - Cole Mill to Roxboro. 2.7' JUST high enough to run.
02/23/97 Haw River - 501 - Robeson - About 5.5'
03/02/97 Haw River - 501 - Robeson - about 6.5'. Nice run. BIG waves. w/ Kevin & Andrew
03/22?/97 Haw River - Chicken Br. - 5.1 - W/ Drew testing out the new kayak.
03/31/97 Cape Fear - Lillington - About 3.8'-3.9'. About right water level.Maybe a bit higher. Bill & Scott
04/24/97 Eno River - Pleasant Green to Cole Mill. 3.0 USGS. Almost perfect height. Found quarry. 1hr.
04/25/97 Haw River - Chicken Br. to Robeson. 5.5 USGS. Great height. Group trip
04/30/97 Eno River - Cole Mill to Guess ~3.2 USGS. About 40 min.
05/10/97 Watauga River - Upper section near Boone before the Gorge. Very pretty. Portaging the Clog was good advice.
05/11/97 French Broad River - Walnut to Hot Springs. BIG river at USGS 2.6, ~ 3060 cfs). Flows the wrong way. Way Cool. Scouting a good idea.
05/15/97 Cape Fear - 2.8 USGS. Trip with Jenn
05/17/97 Cape Fear - 2.3 USGS; not all that different from 2.8. Group trip.
05/25/97 Down to the beach in Surf City. Great Surfing.
06/15/97 Group Trip to Bear Island
07/28/97 Eno - Cole Mill to Roxboro. Remote car alarms don't work well after kayaking. Chris Lamb
08/02/97 Surf City Beach trip. Saw a pod of dolphins, and got real close!
09/12/97 Haw River - Ch. Br - Robeson. Finally, SOME water.
09/29/97 Gauley River - Lower Section. Group rafting trip. Really made me want my kayak instead.
11/23/97 Eno River - Cole Mill-Roxboro. At USGS 4.3 who could resist?
01/09/98 Eno River - Pleasant Green to Roxboro. USGS 4.4; quite nice. No hugging rocks!
2/28/98 Haw River - 15-501 to Robeson. USGS 5.5' w/ Andrew.
3/28/98 Haw River - Bynum to Robeson. USGS 4.9'
4/12/98 Cape Fear -Lillington. USGS 6.5-6.7'. With this much water, mostly flat with a few big waves.
4/25/98 Haw River - 5.25 USGS. Group trip. Great time, perfect weather.
05/02/98 Haw River - ~6.00 USGS. Bynum to Robeson.
05/03/98 Haw River - CB - 15-501 - 5.25 USGS. Trip w/ Jim & Erica.
05/09/98 Rocky River - -1'to -1.5' by the scale on 902. Runnable, but needs more water. That's about 1' by USGS I think.
05/??/98 Cape Fear - Lillington. Low USGS.
05/28/98 Haw - Bynum to 64 4.9 USGS Late trip.
05/30-5/31/98 Trip to the beach, Surf City (lousy waves), and Carolina Beach (better waves)
06/06/98 - Cape Fear in Lillington. Group trip. Although the water was at 2.13 USGS, not too bad.
06/25/98 - Cape Fear in Lillington. Group trip. Getting REALLY Low at 1.6 USGS. No rapids. Many rocks
07/25/98 - Group trip to Sea Level
09/04/98 - Eno Cole Mill to Roxboro, USGS 4.4. Plenty of water. No hinderances for any boat. Perfect weather.
10/10/98 - Cape Fear. USGS 2.6. Not a bad level.
10/18/98 - French Broad, sections 8 & 9 (to Stackhouse). Low (1.15 USGS, 550 cfs), but alright.
01/03/99 - Eno 7.5' USGS Cole Mill to Roxboro. Whew What a ride - enough to knock you around.
01/24/99 - Eno ~11.0' USGS. Not really hard; mostly washed out except for the broken dam. Dangerous tho, lots of strainers and debris (saw a pinned kayak). Too high.
02/11/99 - Cape Fear USGS 2.29. Not bad. A bit low. Tammy & Jerry
03/18/99 - Cape Fear USGS ~4.5'. A _touch_ lower (w/ warmer water) would have been perfect.
03/30/99 - Cape Fear USGS ~4.2. This is the touch lower. Water still chilly.
04/02/99 - Haw Bynum to Robeson. USGS 6.5. Ken & Andrew. Gorgeous day, plenty of water.
04/03/99 - Rocky from 15-501. USGS ~1.2. Could use more water. Paddler's "0". No way am I putting my car in that takeout again.
04/04/99 - Haw CB - Robeson. USGS 4.8' USGS. w/ Marnie & Andrew. Hot day. 5:00p is too late to run this far. :)
04/24/99 - Neuse River Rally - 3.5 miles in 40 minutes!
04/25/99 - Cape Fear Group trip. USGS 1.7'. A couple more inches, and the irritating rocks will go away.
05/02/99 - James River Balcony Falls USGS ? W/ Steve. Needed more water.
05/15/99 - Rocky River to 902. ~1.25 USGS -.6" > -1.6". Great waves below broken dam.
Haw River 64 - Robeson. USGS 6.25. Waves below Gabriels! Watch the hole river right above Gabriels.
05/16/99 - Haw River Bynum to Robeson. ~ 5.0 USGS. Some good surfin, but not as good as Sat.
05/22/99 - French Broad Redmond to Stackhouse. USGS 1600cfs
05/23/99 - French Broad Barnard to Hot Springs. USGS 1500cfs
05/29/99 - Pigeon River at TN line. Wow that was fun. Class III-IV.
05/30/99 - Nantahala. Nice solid continuous rapids. Crowded tho.
05/31/99 - Tuckaseegee above Bryson City. 2.2' USGS. 1000 cfs. Nice run; bit more water maybe. Icky cars as embankment. Big fish. Cool class 3 in the middle.
6/12/99 - Surfin at Surf City. Perfect weather, surf at about 4'
6/21/99 - More surfing at Surf City. Surf 5'-6'. Still manageable! :)
07/8/99 - Haw - Chicken Bridge to 501. ~5' USGS.
07/17/99 -Surfin at Surf City w/ my new Prijon Fly. 2' surf or so, and a lot of time upside-down
7/23-24/99 - Nantahala. Ran 3! times over the weekend.
8/27/99 - Haw - Bynum to Robeson. Finally, some rain. ~6' USGS.
8/28/99 - Surf City - Surf in the 9-11' range. Wow.
9/05/99 - Flat River Quail Roost - Lake Michie. USGS 3.7+ 2 good surfing holes.
9/06/99 - Rocky down to 902. USGS 2.0 at Crutchfield
9/07/99 - Eno - Cole Mill to Roxboro. 1.5 hours. USGS 3.0. Could be a little lower, but not much.
9/08/99 - Haw - Erwin to Robeson. USGS 5.5. So _that's_ how you do an ender!
9/17/99 - Eno - Pleasant Green to Roxboro. USGS 4.6. Great level.
9/19/99 - Haw - Bynum to Robeson. USGS 5'.
9/22/99 - Eno - Pleasant Green to Roxboro. USGS ~4.0
9/30/99 - Eno - Cole Mill to Roxboro. USGS 5.5? Getting high.
9/31/99 - Eno - Cole Mill to Roxboro. USGS ~4
11/14/99 - N. Myrtle Beach. Surf at about 5.5'. Nice long rolling waves.
11/27/99 - Eno - Cole Mill to Roxboro. USGS 3.57
02/17/00 - Cape Fear in Lillington - USGS 5.5' Some spots look a bit scary at this level.
02/24/00 - Cape Fear in Lillington - USGS 4.7' This is a good level for this river.
02/26/00 - Cape Fear in Lillington - USGS 4.7'
02/27/00 - Cape Fear in Lillington - USGS 4.6' Good level, if a bit bracing.
03/23/00 - Haw River - 64 to Robeson - USGS 5.4'
03/24/00 - Haw River - Bynum to Robeson - USGS 5.1'
03/25/00 - Cape Fear in Lillington - USGS 4.6' This is an awesome level for surfing.Went with Jenn.
04/08/00 - Haw from CB - 501. 4.3 USGS. Rain gets darned cold. Almost broke wrist.
04/16/00 - Flat from 501 to Lake Michie. About 3 hours. 2.9' USGS. Not a bad level, could be a few inches lower and still be runnable.
04/23/00 - Cape Fear in Lillington. USGS 6.0. This is a LOT of fun to surf in (or flip as the case may be.)
04/27/00 - Eno from Pleasant Green to Guess. 3.8' Not bad. Bit chill.
04/29/00 - Cape Fear Lillington to Erwin. Group trip. 4' USGS.
04/30/00 - Eno from Pleasant Green to Guess. Canoe incident.
05/06/00 - Cape Fear in Lillington. 2.6 USGS. Starting to scrape.
07/24/00 - Eno - Cole Mill to Guess. Darn it's been a long time. ~USGS 5.0. And 18' 12 hours ago.
07/25/00 - Haw River - CB > Robeson. USGS 5.5 Hours: 1.75 upper. 1 lower, .5 bottom.
07/26/00 - Eno - Cole Mill to Guess 2.65 USGS. No pad. Again, JUST high enough.
07/27/00 - Haw River - Bynum to Robeson. USGS 4.6 More water than I thought; only a few bony spots
07/30/00 - Cape Fear - Lillington to Erwin. USGS 6.5. Things start to wash out at this height. Nothing really scary.
8/??/00 - Cape Fear Lillington to Erwin USGS ~2.82.
9/25/00 - Bynum to Robeson - USGS ~5.8. W/ Rob. Beautifiul weather.
3/11/01 - Cape Fear ~4 USGS. My fgoodness it has been a long time (although there are a couple of trips in there (at least one Eno) somewhere I forgot to write down). Bit chilly.
3/17/01 - Haw River at 4.9 USGS. Still a bit cold, but the sun offset things. John's first trip with us.
3/24/01 - Haw River Chicken Bridge > 501. Nice day for a paddle.
3/31/01 - Flat from the middle to Lake Michie. 2.9 good level; cold w/ no sun
04/06/01 - Haw River - 15-501 > Robeson. USGS 5.2
04/08/01 - Cape Fear. USGS 8 ish. Very squirrly. Found wrecked canoe and ice chest full of beer. Water still a bit chilly for surfin.
4/11/01 - Cape Fear. USGS 4.6 Balmy 85 degrees, and great surfing height. Also rescued the broken canoe.
4/28/01 - French Broad - ~1200 cfs. Marshal to Hot Springs.
5/11/01 - Beach surfin.
5/27/01 - Haw River - 501 > Robeson.
6/2/01 - Eno River Pleasant to Roxboro. ~USGS 2.8. runnable but low. This would be the naked guy trip.
- two Fear trips in here somewhere
7/6/01 - Haw River Mid/Lower- 4.9 USGS. Nothing really exciting. Warm water
7/29/01 - Haw River Mid/Lower. 5.8 USGS. good level.
08/15/01 - Cape Fear USGS 4.6. good level.
(some trips missing here, but not many *sigh*)
04/04/02 - Cape Fear USGS 5'. Still good. Many trees down across rapids tho
Missing trips to Fear in here somewhere, tho not enough of them.
10/13/02 - Haw - Chk. Br. > Bynum at about 5.5. Not bad, nice waves. Lot of folks out.
(There's a haw trip in here somewhere, but still WAY not enough kayaking).
3/5/03 Eno - Cole Mill - Roxboro USGS 3.1. Darn I'd forgotten what a pretty river this is. And that 3.1 is a perfectly floatable level
3/8/03 Eno - Pleasant G. to Roxboro. USGS 3.2. Boating with bronchitis not so good.
3/?/03 Eno - CM > Roxboro
3/21/03 Eno - CM > Roxboro. USGS 5.7 w/ Hank. Good level, tho things starting to wash out.
3/22/03 Eno - PG > Cole Mill. USGS 4.7 with PaulG. More kayaking now than all of last year.
4/11/03 North Flat - USGS 3.2 on the Flat. Good water level, but since we'd (Mike, Lisa, Hank) intended to run the _Flat_ .. it was a much longer trip than anticipated.
4/12/03 Eno - CM > Rox. USGS 3.6 w/ Mike.
4/13/03 Haw - Erwin > Robeson. USGS 6.5 Good to be out when the weather is nice. Ending in Gabriel's Lake.
4/14/03 Haw - Erwin > Robeson. USGS 5.5 w/ Andrew and MattD. Matt flipped 3 times, but it was surfing and so ok.
4/20/03 - Haw - 5.? Group trip with MattD, Mike, Marnie, and Scott. Banged up self in Moose Jaw thanks to Marnie
5/09/03 Fear - 5.1 USGS. Managed to trap self in hole and wet exit - rats! First time warm enough that getting wet not bad
5/10/03 Fear -
5/24/03 Eno from PG to Roxboro. with Dick (from work). USGS 4.5, one of my favorites.
5/26/03 Flat from above the short bridge to Lake Michie. USGS 5.5. ALMOST too much water. Flipped over for only the 3rd time
5/28/03 Haw 7' Bynum to Robeson. USGS
6/5/03 Haw River CB > Robeson. 7.5' USGS. Rocking, but a long way.
Oh my god it's been too long.
4/24/04 Neuse River rally - victors in our class!
4/28/04 Haw 501 > Robeson at USGS 4.3. Boney but runnable.
5/4/04 Haw 501 > Robeson USGS 5.3 w/ Hank and Andrew. Pretty good; Gabriels's would have been fun to surf has it not been a bit chill
7/30/04 Haw 501 > Robeson USGS 6.5. Finally, kayaking when it's warm.
8/15/04 Eno Pleasant Green > West Point. USGS 3.0 a bit scrapy. A cool day, w/ very light rain. With Kurt, Andy, Carey, and not Bob.
8/31/04 Eno Cole Mill > Rox. Pleasant day.
9/18/04 Eno Pleasant Green to Rox. Starting to get cool. USGS 3.8 or so.
3/29/05 I think I've forgotten to put a few (but not many *sigh*) in here.
Eno Pleasant Green to Cole Mill. USGS 4.5. Cyling back from here only takes about 15 min.
4/30/06 Haw Bynum to Robeson 5' w/ Hank. Except for the Myrtle beach trip a few weekends ago, I believe this is the longest break in kayaking.
07/07/06 Eno PG > Cole Mill. USGS 3.8. Ended up paddling w/ two other canoes I met there. Cycled for the ferry
07/08/06 Haw Bynum to Robeson. USGS 5.4. Paddling with 6 other CCC folks.
07/14/06 Upper Haw > PG > Cole Mill. USGS 3.3. Upper section is about 2.5 hours. Good and sunburnt. Only just enough water for the upper section. Better put in closer than 70 (bridge somewhere).
9/16/06 Cape Fear at Lillington at 4.7 and dropping. WOW this was a great level for Lunch Stop. We played there until we were both worn out.
(a little more missing stuff, but the broken foot was slowing me down)
4/16/07 Eno PG > Cole Mill
4/17/07 Eno PG > Roxboro
4/18/07 Haw from CB to 501 w/ Hank. Been a LONG time since kayaking 3 days in a row
Beach Trip with Mike
10/26/07 Haw Ch Br to 501. 4' or so (right AHEAD of the upsurge in water darn it)
12/31/07 Haw Bynum to 64 w/ Charlotte and Galen. 7' USGS
1/1/08 Haw Bynum to Robeson about 4.9' with 14 others from the CCC.
3/9/08 Eno Pleasant Green to Roxboro USGS 4.2 or so. Solo. Would have been good surfing but turned cold in the middle. Time 45/35/25.
4/5/08 Eno Pleasant Green to Roxboro w/ Charlotte. 5' usgs. This is a great level, but a bit cold at 68 and cloudy to get me to surf
4/6/08 Eno Pleasant Green to Cole Mill w/ ccc. USGS 3.5'. Just high enough to not be scrapy. Flipped ferrying myself about, but once I was wet surfing about not such a big deal
4/6/08 Pleasant Green to Roxboro w/ charlotte USGS 3.0. This looks to be the 200th trip by official count (not counting the trips I lost track of)
4/9/08 Haw Bynum to Robeson. ~5.5' USGS. Really? I mean this was pretty scrapy for 5.5'.
More kayaking that all of 2007
4/13/08 Cape Fear Lillington > Erwin. Hank. USGS 4.33. Trees in a few irritating places. New construction in Erwin - looks like an access point.
4/20/08 Cape Fear Lillington > Erwin. USGS 3.93. CCC trip. Darn it's good to be out when it's warm enough to play. Lunch stop was fun, but needed about 6" more water to make the playing much better.
4/22/08 Haw Bynum to Robeson. 4.7' and it showed. A bit scrapy but with ducking it worked out ok. Great temp. Cool but the water was warmer. Misted on Jonathan and I most of the trip, but we did take out before dark. (6:10pm - 7:45 pm 60/35 min).
4/26/08 Cape Fear @ 2.35 USGS. Not bad. Not really able to surf in much at this point. Group trip with Marnie, Chuck, charlie, and John. Several flips (not me!), but a beautiful day (3 bald eagles!).
4/28/08 Eno Pleasant Green to Roxboro. Solo. Wow where did that water come from. USGS says ~4', but I caught the curve on the way up and it sure seems like a lot more than that. Been a long time since I ran down past the dam. The footpath is out, and they're building a new bridge which made the takeout river left down below mostly impassible. (40/44/20)
More kayaking than 2006 AND 2007
4/29/08 Eno Pleasant Green to Cole Mill. solo. The gauge for yesterday ended up really being ~5.5'. Today was a more normal 4. 40 min, but then again I was racing joggers.
and 2005 sadly
4/30/08 Haw Bynum to Robeson. USGS 5.5 with Garrick and Chris. funny to hear someone call this 'low'. Garrick is without Fear
5/1/08 Haw 64 - Robeson. 4 days in a row. ~4.9USGS. With Chris, Me, and Tina. Some great surfing at Gabe's. Low I mean really.
05/10/08 North Fork Mayo. First descent (at least for me). ~2.5 USGS (and they said +/- 6" ok). A step up above the Haw. Saw a fox prior, and a cool crawfish during (and got lost getting there). Boiling Hole on the Left and Dogleg to the Right!
05/12/08 Haw Bynum to Robeson USGS 4.73. w/ Garrick. Took the path less traveled and went the ways I don't usually go.
05/18/08 Cape Fear Lillington to Erwin. USGS 4.3. Need another 4" at lunchstop. With Freddy (and Gil - eventually). Working on my priouette. Gave a walking motorcyclist a ride.
05/19/08 Cape Fear (again) USGS 4.22 w/ charlotte. Fast run as we didn't leave until 5. In addition to the two bald eagles, also saw an otter (charlotte could almost reach over and pet it).
06/01/08 Haw CB to Bynum. ~3.25' USGS at Bynum. VERY VERY Low (at points walk on your hands low). With Charlotte and Bryan. Saw a Bald eagle!

Passed 2004! 2003's going to be hard...
06/07/08 Trip to Pigeon. 14 people, led by Larry and Robin. Thunderstorm in the middle. Easier than last time (experience pays off), but you really have to know the lines. Met Todd, which lead to
06/08/08 Trip to Nantahala w/ Todd, Jeremiah, Chelsea, and Joe. Camping in the Park the night before. Flipped in the Falls. Combat rolled up but gashed up right hand.
07/03/08 WOR - Middle Ocoee. Led by Lee. Barely flipped in Double Suck.
07/04/08 WOR - Middle Ocoee. BIG group led by Kirt. no flips!
07/05/08 WOR - Pigeon. MUCH easier after two days on the Ocoee.
07/06/08 WOR - Nantahala with Eric and (barely) Paul (who ran it in just over an hour). Skipped the falls this time. Don't wish for a park ranger when your tags are expired
07/26/08 Middle Ocoee with Larry & co. Flipped in Double Trouble (rolled up just in time to not hit the sticky hole below it). Not a good day for me - got overheated and then sunburnt. Wasn't "on"
08/27/08 Eno Pleasant Green to West Point. ~ USGS 5.0 and climbing (hurricane weather). Still wasn't "dark"
09/07/08 Lower Rocky w/ Garrick and Paul. ~1.5 at the 501 gauge, Haw at Bynum about 8'USGS. Easier that lower Haw. Weird crick in my elbow. No way to find the takeout without knowing where it is, and the walk out is LONG.
09/13/08 Cape Fear Lillington > Erwin w/ Ian. Having a flat is not a good way to start a trip, but it all worked out in the end. No eagles this time. ~ 7' USGS. The rapid sare mostly still there, but they're hard to get into to surf, and if you do get in you get kicked out fast and far away.
09/18/08 Haw Bynum to Robeson. 6'5' USGS. Would have been a blast if we weren't burning daylight. Cool but the water was warm and HUMMIN'!
09/27/08 SWR class. Funny how everyone now seems to use cfs
09/28/08 SWR Class. Does it count as a trip if you spend all day in the water ... without your boat?
09/28/08 Lower Haw USGS ~ 4.8 with John. all thoase boaters in class, and none getting in the water. Also interesting that all day there were only 6 boaters on that section.
10/04/08 Cape Fear USGS 2.8. I'd forgotten: a) how low this is, but b) that there are still some great play spots. Some good surfing.
12/12/08 Upper Rocky (taking out at 902). Crutchfield at ~3 w/ Garrick & others. Plenty of water. Cool but sunny enough. Some big spots in here.
Passed 2003!
12/14/08 Middle/Lower Haw. USGS ~5.4, with a group of 12 CCCers. Warm enough until I was trying to play
12/21/08 Cape Fear. USGS 5.3 and climbing. Finally got Andrew out. A bit chill, but not bad.
Passed 2002! Not enough days left to pass 2001
12/28/2008 Cape Fear. USGS 3.1. Great day (tho water seemed lower). Kayaking on the way to family Xmas not world's greatest idea tho
38 in 2008
03/09/09 Cape Fear USGS 6.6 or so. Charlotte, Sara, Peter, Galen. 82 degrees in March? We started to late tho - it was cooling off at the end. Saw the bald eagle tho!
03/22/09 Eno at ~2.8' w/ charlotte. Calm lazy trip.
3/28/09 Haw Bynum > Robeson w/ Christine, Jonathan, and Kevin(?). USGS 5.42. Second trip Eno Psnt Grn to Bynum w/ Galen. USGS ~ 3.61.
3/29/09 Eno Plst Grn to Roxboro. Played sheepdog for Quent, Garret and Craig for part of the day. Self-set shuttle.
04/03/09 Haw Bynum to Robeson at a surprising 6.5' (it was more up than I thought, and on it's way up), with John McDonald, and we plan to try it all tomorrow.
04/04/09 Haw CB to Robeson ~6.0 USGS. First try with hand paddles, and a LONG time from CB to 501.
04/05/09 Haw Bynum to Robeson ~5.3 USGS. Chris, Katie, Mark, and the Imbranis. Mark came with me for a first descent on the lower.
4/11/09 Fear USGS ~3.25. Seemed lower than recently. Water, but not zippy. With Andy on his first descent, and maiden voyage in the Jackson Fun. going to take some getting used to, and it is not so good on flat!
4/12/09 Haw Bynum to Robeson USGS 5.82 (didn't feel that high). With Garrick, Jenn, and Paul
4/16/09 Haw Bynum to Robeson ~5.3 USGS. Getting spoiled that this seems low. 10 person trip with Garrick and his daughter
4/22/09 Haw Bynum to 64. Garrick & co, Casey & his wife, and John. And I thought THAT was low. 4.4 USGS. Been a LONG time since I ran it that low
05/09/09 Wilson Creek Gorge -2". First descent (tho I took the crossfire). Pretty good level. In theory runnable from -6" to 12" tho I think more than 1" would be a lot 5/16/09 Dan River at Kibler, 7500 release, 2.4 USGS. Pretty kinda like an easy Pigeon for the first section. Not hard, but tricky for someone not used to getting stuck on rocks.
5/23/09 Middle Ocoee. Flipped in Slice'n Dice. Memorial Day group trip. a Long day of lots of playing (by others).
5/24/09 Upper (incl. Olympic) Ocoee. A LOT of water (no really, a LOT). Flipped twice in Roach Motel. Group trip with Kurt, Ian, Fred, Robert, Andy, and Bret. Andy experienced Humongeous first-hand. Glad they talked me into it, but not for the faint of heart, and requiring really good skills at picking where to go next.
5/24/09 Middle Ocoee. A continuation of the upper section. Ran fast to race the water running out. A Lot harder to know where the rapids are when they come up so fast. Was mostly "Read 'n Run" for this pass.
5/30/09 Chattooga Section 3 at 2.4' with the CCC First Descent Clinic (John Z, Lisa, John, Fred).Techincally a lot more challenging, and needing to go where you plan to go. I'd hazard harder than the Ocoee (ether section). Flipped in the Narrows, and thrashed in Bull Sluice (swam out).
5/31/09 Chattooga Section 3.25 at 2.2'. Flipped in Screaming Left Turn while bouncing off of Fred's pinned boat.
6/6/09 Flat River Moores' Mill Road to Lack Michie. ~ 3' and dropping hard. Len, Barbara, John, John. Put-in is Moores Road just S of the county like. The busted out dam is upstream from there.
6/6/09 Eno Psnt Green to Roxboro. 4' at Cole Mill and dropping. With John, John, Leon.
6/7/09 Haw 501 - Robeson USGS 6.0 with JohnD.
6/7/09 Haw 501 - Robeson USGS ~5.7 with JohnD, Wayne, Leon, Len, Garrick and Aly. Saw a bald eagle
6/8/09 Haw 64 > Robeson USGS 5.6. with Wayne, charlotte and others. You can even fit a kayak in a VW Bug.
6/10/90 Eno Cole Mill to Roxboro ~ 4.7 with Chris. Warm, late run after cycling home in a rush.
6/13/09 Cape Fear Lillington > Erwin. USGS 5.9. Charlotte, Sara, and Maya. Fine level for novices. Saw the eagle. Play spot and Lunchstop hard to get to, but you can play on the secondary. Same for below glassy wave.
07/02/09 WOR Middle Ocoee. Seemed low, I think because the last time I ran it there was water from the Upper. No flips (except for carrying back up to Double Trouble, flipped 1 of 3). 07/03/09 WOR Middle Ocoee. Flipped in Double Trouble and the Watauga Move. Grr.
. 07/04/09 WOR Middle Ocoee. Seemed even lower - the water from the upper hadn't gotten there yet. First day with new Werner paddle.
07/05/09 WOR French Broad from Barnard to Stackhouse with Lee and John Mc., ~870cfs. Not too hard (tho Pinball at this lower level is tight). Not quite novices tho.
8/22/09 Dan River at Kibler. 9000 release. Great day with 7 others (drive up with Wendy and Tom). Reran the gorge section.
9/12/09 French Broad Section 9. ~900 cfs. With Lee and co. Except for Pinball at this level pretty tame.
9/13/09 Upper Green @ 100%. With Lee and Fred. Scrapy. Except for Bayless Boof (which I ran twice) it's not that much harder than the Eno at 5', just less flat.
10/2/09 Middle Ocoee with Fred, Lee. Flipped end over end in Hell Hole
10/2/09 Middle Ocoee with Fred, Lee. Trying something different, stalled out in Hell Hole and flipped surfing backwards
10/3/09 Middle Ocoee with Fred, Lee, Chris. Raft took me out in Double suck, and then the hole below Double Trouble. Swam below Flipper
10/3/09 Middle Ocoee with Fred, Lee, Chris. Flipped above Flipper, and above Double Trouble.
10/4/09 Middle Ocoee with Fred, Lee. Flipped end over end in Double Trouble
10/4/09 Middle Ocoee with Fred. Flipped in Powerhouse, darn it! 1 hr 10 min.
10/29/09 Haw Bynum to Robeson USGS 4.7 with Jennifer and Curtis. The lake was LOW; there's a rapid there I've never seen.
. 10/31/09 Middle Ocoee with Fred, Steve, and Dan. Dan kinda needed float bags and a roll.
10/31/09* Middle Ocoee with Fred and Steve. First run with new drysuit.
11/1/09 Middle Ocoee with Ross, Frankie, and Paul. Flipped in 'Dice and Powerhouse. DST can cause problems when scheduling.
11/11/09* Eno with Ian and John. USGS 6.5. Mostly washed out. Got to meet Dunstan at the end!.
11/12/09* Eno with Ian, Greg and John. USGS 6.2. some features coming back. Driving rain and 47 degrees still ok with dry suit (tho getting close)
11/14/09 Tar River USGS 4.7. Take out at 96. 4.7 USGS with Wayne, Leon, John, Dana, +. Eh. A little wider than the Eno, but no better.
11/14/09 Haw 501 - Robeson. USGS 6.7, with Greg's group (incl Charlotte and John). A swim for Charlotte.
11/14/09 Haw 501 - Robeson. USGS 6.5, with John. Trip 82
48 in 2009 (13 on the Ocoee)
01/17/10 Lower Rocky. ~ 1000 cfs, 6' Siler City gauge. Jeff, John, Kat, Brett. Warm day, but COLD water, and fog screwing up visibility making things somewhat excessively exciting. Should have worn the dry suit.
01/19/10* Eno. ~ 3.7'. Ok, so that was probably dark. Trip 60.
01/20/10* Haw CB to Robeson. USGS 5.5'. John and I (adding Garrick, Wayne, Josh, and Allie at 64). Love the drysuit.
01/25/10* Eno Lawrence Road to Cole Mill. USGS 7.5 with John. The water moving made up for long flat spots. Fews Ford mostly washed out.
01/28/10* Haw Bynum to Robeson with John. ~ 5.8. Bald Eagle!

* Drysuit

As of 1/28/10 Haw - 84 Eno - 62 Ocoee - 18

CarWork > Bynum25 min
CarWork > Robeson35 min
CarWork > West Point30 min
CarHome > Tar at 9635 min
CarHome > Cape Fear Take Out90 min
CarHome > Cape Fear Put In90 min
CarHome > Haw Bynum35 min
CarHome > Rocky 90245 min
CarHome > Wilson Creek3.5 hours
CarHome > Dan River, Kibler2.5 hours
CarHome > Upper Green4 hours
CarBynum <> 64 Bypass8 min
Car64 Bypass <> Pittsboro4 min
CarCape Fear Put In <> Cape Fear Takeout?
CarPittsboro <> 15-501 Rocky8 min
Car15-501 Rocky <> 15-501 Deep4 min
CarOcoee<>Shelby4 hours
BikeEno PG > Cole Mill15 min (40)
KayakEno Upper > PG80 min (40)
KayakEno PG > Cole Mill45-55 min (40)
KayakEno Cole Mill > Guess45 min (35)
KayakEno Guess > Roxboro25 min (20)
KayakHaw Bynum > 6460 min
KayakHaw 64 to Robeson35 min
KayakLower Rocky60 min w/ water
KayakUpper Rocky?? min
KayakCape Fear Lillington to Erwin130 min

Time estimates are for normal traffic, and moderate flows, straight river (little playing) running at my usual pace (which is faster than most everyone).

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