Getting down to business

Lots of doing...not much posting. It's been a busy month and not for the obvious reasons. I got in a lot of flat-water paddling this month going to Rhodes Pond, Jordan a few times and Contentnea Creek. All this has been helped out by the fact that Nan finally got a flat-water boat and can go along.

The weekend before last Nancy, Cat and I headed east and paddled the Weldon Wave on a day trip; my first there. It was fun, albeit snowy.

I've also started the process of organizing my moonlighting a little by putting together a website (www.trianglekayak.com) to tout kayak instruction and to provide a link between me and my partners Paddle Creek and Triangle Aquatic Center. I'd forgotten the effort it takes to put that much copy together, particularly when you're developing from scratch.

We had a really fun trip this Tuesday to the French Broad for some much needed whitewater. We crammed 5 people in to my truck and met two more from Tennessee there. Raining like crazy when we left the triangle, it was beautiful, blue and almost warm in the mountains.

Rhodes Pond

We had a great treat yesterday. Nan asked me to go with her to look at a property that CWMTF was working with near Rhodes Pond in Cumberland County. We were pleasantly surprised that it turned out to be a real gem: very similar to paddling Merchant's Millpond. I look forward to going back down there and doing a little exploring to see if I can connect the pond with the next upstream road crossing of the (Little) Black River to turn it into a destination for CCC flatwater trips. Picasa album of the trip here.

Beachy time of year

We had a great time with several CCC'ers (8 total) going down to the beach for a surfing trip in our boats in late November. The seas didn't look like much when we arrived Friday but by mid-day Saturday it had built up enough to let everyone, even the first-timers get in a good day. Sunday, with a late start, provide the same. We all shared and took on preparing a meal for the group and we ended up with some fantastic food.