The Green River

Nothing like a early July trip to the Green. The water was great as there has been some showers each day and the hydro plant was producing at 100% providing for a great water level. Gusto, Sleepy and Helpdesk made this trip. Helpdesk has a new GoPro HD camera that he mounted on the front of the boat. I think it made some great shots of the action. Take special note at about the 1:30 mark. You will see some cool slow motion thanks to filming at 60 frames per second. Ok, sorry for that last comment probably more than you wanted to know. Anyway, enjoy the footage.
PS. For the best picture make sure the youtube settings are set for 480p. You can check that by looking at the bottom right of the video window.

Mountain Island Lake

Helpdesk and Dan went out to Latta Plantation for a paddle on Mountain Island Lake. I forgot to bring extra batteries so... we only got maybe half the trip. But for what we did a very comfortable and steady paddle. We averaged about 2mph as we explored the coves and creeks of the lake. It was a great morning as the skies were overcast most of the morning and we found shade early. However as the morning wore on we found ourselves looking for any bit of shade we could find. We did take a swim when we returned to the shore. Overall a great paddle.

Helpdesk

Mountain Island Lake at EveryTrail

Spider Lilies May 26, 2011

Gusto, Helpdesk and Dan (got to get him a trail name) made a trip to Landsford Canal today to check out the Spider Lilies. We first made a stop at 521 BBQ for a good ole helping of pork BBQ, Fries and Hush-puppies. All probably considered excellent food to begin a day in 90 degree heat on the river. The water level wasn't the best but certainly higher than the last time Gusto and I made the trip. I didn't take a camera but the Lilies were just past peak so we hit it at a fairly good time. All in all an excellent trip. Below is the Google Earth view of our trip today.

Spider Lilies May 26, 2011

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Edisto River Trip Oct 2010

Sleepy, Gusto and Helpdesk had another great trip on the Edisto river.  This last section started off with way too much development, however, a few miles down river we hit some of the best scenery so far on the river.  In a few places the river became pretty narrow and fast flowing with trees laying in the current we had to maneuver quickly at times to avoid those strainers.  The pictures below are in order from put in to take out.

 

Capers Island October 15, 2010

Gusto, Helpdesk, Sleepy and Hiking Geer made a trip out to Capers Island. The weather was perfect on the trip out to the island.  However, later in the day the wind picked up and that made the trip back a bit more of a challenge.
Here is the trip from Every Trail:
Paddle Out to Capers

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Photos:  All Photos

French Broad River

Well, Gusto, Rolling Peach, and Helpdesk made the trip to Asheville on June 7th to do a short 7 miles on the French Broad River.  Below you will see a map and some photo’s from the trip.

French Broad River

Top Speed was around 6mph probably when Helpdesk was trying to catch up after taking some photos.

Helpdesk Makes a Trip to Mt. Rainier

Well, business took me out to the north west but a can’t miss opportunity took me to Mt. Rainier.  When you are in Seattle you are too close to miss out on a good thing.  So here are a few shots.  The trip was a hampered by rain as one would expect in this part of the country.  But we did see some snow so it was worth it.

You may not be able to tell but where the “Green” arrow is pointing is a small foot bridge.  When I first saw this I thought it had been washed down stream.   However, after talking with the locals this very wide river bed was created years ago by a big mud slide.  The actual water flowing is very small when compared to the entire area.  The bridge is used to cross the river.  The yellow arrow points to a well defined foot path lined with stones.

 

 

 

 

Mt. Rainier inn is run by the park service.  It has recently been rebuilt after a fire. 

 

 

 

Another photo showing the width of the river bed in the years after the mud slide.

 

We have to paddle this one day.  Some of the greatest views in the area

 

 

 

 

Oh yes, there are giraffes in the Mt. Rainier area!  Look closely!!

You can’t go to Seattle and not visit Pikes Market!  Watch out for flying fish!