Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
Unbelievable. A boater festival at the takeout to one of North
Carolina's gems, a Saturday night rain bringing it up to (barely)
boatable (actually, an easy level for Class III first-timers), and the
only people on it were the two of us who had driven 100 miles to get
there.

Unbelievable.

-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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I'm sure that the lower water levels and higher gas prices had a lot to
do with it, but then again, how many paddling festivals can you go to
in one year. At one time, you had Gauley Fest in the Fall and Cheat
Fest in May and not much else on the East Coast. Now you have festivals
at the Deerfield, the Moose, Gauley, Cheoah, Cheat, French Broad and
the Nolichucky, plus GAF and Spring whatever they call it on the Nanty,
plus the Ocoee Headhunt and the new and smaller Russell Fork Festival.
Oh, and they had a festival on the Emory Obed this year too. Maybe
there are just too many damn festivals and they really aren't special
occasions anymore.

BTW, I finally caught Island Creek on the Plateau a couple of weeks
ago. That little gem really goes down hill fast. I will admit that I
walked Compound Fracture, but the rest is very steep and fairly
challenging. The is a big steep slide toward the end that probably
drops better than 15' not quite at a vertical that I am going to have
to get a shot of me going over someday.

Sorry I couldn't get away last weekend.

Larry