Its official - kayaking tomorrow

[Inchworm]

Or semi-official. Drunken brother swears we are to be in the river by 10am. I haven't even started drinking yet. Guess I may need to start or my wake-time will be off.

Btw, its all easy peaceful floating in class1/class2max. That means beer and intentional yardsales.

Yay!

Does anyone here ever get out on the river in kayaks or canoes?

:headbang:

[cwydro]

1. I'm out in the ocean in one

all the time.

Check out eyepaddle..he's a whitewater dude.

Have fun!

[Inchworm]

2. cool, I'll look for his posts

I'm still too novice to try anything serious, but I do enjoy spending the day on river chatting with all the folks doing the same.

:hi:

[cwydro]

3. Yeah,

he posts pics sometimes too. He's pretty hardcore. He can definitely fill you in.

I'm just a rec paddler, though it can get rough out there sometimes. Most of the time it looks like this (though this was on a day in the canoe, not a kayak)

[alarimer]

4. I also kayak

Sometimes in the ocean, most often in the bays. Fun, fun, fun.

[cwydro]

5. I knew there were some others.

I thought you had posted on it before, but wasn't sure.

[alarimer]

26. I am pretty much an amateur

I don't make long trips; I mostly just get out for an hour or two, maybe take some pictures of birds or something.

[wildhorses]

6. i used to canoe some of the creeks around here

but, it has been awhile...what about tubing? that was always fun, too.

sliding rock over in the south moutnains is fun.

:hi:

[Inchworm]

7. Yup tubing is big here too

Its a lazy river. Last year I "towed" a tuber with us because he didnt have a kayak.

:hi:

[wildhorses]

10. now that is what i call --- smart

:rofl:

:pals:

[cwydro]

8. Tubing! WOOT!

We used to do that in Boone all the time!

Take me tubing wildwoman! I'll buy the beer!:bounce:

[wildhorses]

9. alls you gotta do is

get your ass up here chicka:bounce:

ever go to brown mountain?

[cwydro]

12. I don't think so.

Doesn't ring a bell. Yeah, that gives me an incentive to get there in the summer, huh?

[wildhorses]

14. you have never heard the song about the brown mountain lights?

it is a natural phenomenom...sumpin' to do with phosphorus:shrug:

[cwydro]

15. No it ain't

It's the old Indian tribes.

Phosphorus. Pffft.

[wildhorses]

17. shhh ---

they will think we are superstitious and we will lose all our crediblity:rofl:

[cwydro]

18. I DO believe in ghosts.

I do I do.

[wildhorses]

21. if i only had a brain

;)

:rofl:

[cwydro]

25. somewhere over that rainbow honey!

still laughing that you said we had credibility:rofl: :rofl:

[Inchworm]

11. You are up near me?

I'm going in the New River in morning if you are familiar with it.

Ashe County in NC

:hi:

[wildhorses]

13. OMG --- my best friend lives in west jefferson !!!!

ashe county is god's country...dude it snows horizontal over there:rofl:

you know wehere greenfield campground is?

and i love the churches with the frescoes!!!

[Inchworm]

16. yup yup and yup!

I was raised on Horse Creek! woohoo!

Where you have to duck at night or a star will hit you on the head! :rofl:

All those places are still standing. Greenfields got smooshed a bit by a Walmarts :(

Too cool.

:woohoo:

[wildhorses]

19. yeah. walmarts and the high school

x(it is a shame. sunsets over there are beautiful:loveya:

we should plan a meet-up:shrug:

[Inchworm]

23. Plan?

I mentioned I was from Horse Creek, right? hehe

day by day :rofl:

:D

[wildhorses]

27. good lord willing and the creek don't rise

;)

canoe the new:bounce:

ever go to hot springs?

[cwydro]

20. Nothing like western NC!

They still got that place with the giant cheese wheel in it?

[Inchworm]

22. Im thinking the cheese plant in West Jefferson?

It's still opened and so is the little store. West Jefferson is set up for walking tourist-types. There are quite a few these days.

:)

[cwydro]

24. Wow, I took my mom there

back in the early 80's. I remember the cheese place. Cool little town.