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#1) I think this was one of those ledges that wasn't seen untill your right up on it. ( there were a couple like that) and I elected to do what i could do.... and that was to hit it right on. The current was tremedous. No way to paddle over to the lesser froath. I was already commited wether i...

Bull, if you were to ask Yak about his elbows, I believe you'd hear him tell that his never went high... he was "suprised" when he tried an eddy in small water. The flow on the Tuck ( and I ain't no pro here) had to have been over 6 mph ....? It was strong. Yak went over before you knew it...

Jack, I'm not sure where I rank in those men's group. All in all, I had fun,excitement, a lesson in white water, deeper trust in my paddling buddies, and respect for the wild rivers. The river can show itself in different moods. That's not news.... but the seeing part of it for yourself is...

There is a beautiful place to paddle. The Uwharee empties into Lake Tillery ( Badin Lake up stream about 5 miles). Mount Morrow State Park across from where the Uwharree empties. swampy ps This section is being considered for the 2006 or 2007 paddle for the Old Geezer's Paddlin...

I'm gonna go get me a bowl of ice cream and look at those numbers again.... swampy

good one Doc! swampy

Let me know when ya'll are ready to paddle. There maybe a "mystery" paddler also . And what part of the Piedmont are ya looking at? Does the Uwharree look promising? swampy

When you guys going to be there? swampy

The Tuckaseigee River (Tuck) is advertised as a "warm" and meandering river. That is one old advertisement! A couple years ago the dam started to feed into the Tuck and everything has changed. No longer a quiet , slow moving stream to take an inner tube on. It has class II & III rapids that will...

LOL "Swampy! Eddie in! " "This is one big Maryland Farmer ahead!" a W W junkie, (cause Bro Bar sez so ) :wink: :roll: swampy

Bro Bar, my report iz comin up shortly wit sum pictures. Rodeo iz right! I looked like a cowboy ( geezer style) bein tossed about on one of them thar bulls on a short rope. The Tuck ain't fer the timid. It's real W W all the way down it. But my pictures of some of the rapids on...

Yak... remember I stayed in the tent door way.... I didn't want the little critters in camp become hysterical ... :shock: 8) Ain't I a slave to fashion???? :roll: :wink: swampy

Chuck's 35mm camera is water proof.... or so he said.... :shock: That is the only kind to take with you on rough waters. Chuck, I'll spare ya third go around ... :wink: :wink: :wink: swampy

I am still suffering from the pushing against the braces in that Yahoo. The sunburn ( slight) wasn't the culprit. This old Geezer lernt a lot out there. After looking at the three of ya's in that raft and the way ya'll "lined up" for that falls, there must have been three "dimples' in that raft...

ooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww me legs...... :cry: now now Yakky .... don't go postal now ..... If I remember right someone else was looking for that train out also....:twisted: :lol: Reason my legs ach isn't the sun burn ..... KT reminded me that I had them "locked" into those brces.... there...

Chuck is getting his Jeep into a fine fashion of a ride. He was sporting his new top and it looked great. Trying his best to profile as a twenty five year old out on spring break, the Jeep is indeed the sporting ride. Chuck, being the more sane of the crowd, stayed on shore as we ventured out...

BB ... with Yak and I .... and the rest of us .... we should be good to go till the year 2569 ! :shock: :D :lol: Yak.... Bobby.... what ever ya see yer self as today ... or tonight .... The report should make the Kennedy report look like a primer. I'll wait ( I'll have to wait) until...

Yer honor... jest look at 'em.... Wet, aching, old, drawn up..... ya kin see in thar eyes the mischief that dwells thar! ...... :twisted: :P <SLAM went the hammer> "Yer right son! Hang em high!" :shock: "I wanna resess fer a bit yer honor fore i kin git sum pictures frum the High...

Yes, as I sit back and lurk at the poor Yak's feeble attempts to weaken my report, I find that I can recall even more .... er ... "stories?" ... to vent ...... <wicked laugh> Chuck and Jim did wake me up this morning... they rehearsed it well.... picture a slow , crippled, sleepy eyed old...

Brace yer selves! Photo oportunity of the year was taken.... pictures don't lie.... ( he he he well ... if ya taken um jeeest right they ain't) We all survived the whitewater..... barely ...... what a trip on the Tuck River! Big time W W there. It was a whole heap bigger than Bro Bar had...