Saturday 9/27 was spent on the Eno River in Durham teaching a man and his 13-YO son the fine art of River Kayaking. Flow was up to about 2.9 feet at Hillsborough so we had fairly easy time making it down the river. The father took a few dips but the son was a hoot. After some initial instability, the young-un started bombing down the river.
Monday-Wed. I took off down the Waccamaw from Longs, SC to Conway SC, about 45 river miles, with Paul and Pete.We had a relaxing time down this beautiful blackwater coastal river. Good campsites were few and far between due to either the very low cypress swamp or heavily shrubbed higher ground. Skeeters were still bad with daytimes in the upper 70s and nights in the low 60s, but with enough DEET, it was bearable. You have to love paddling with canoeists (I was in kayak). We had a great steak, roasted garlic, baked potato and peas dinner the first night thanks to immense coolers that canoes will handle (unlike the dehydrated fare I stuffed in my yak). Thanks to Paul for inviting me to join them.
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