5/8 - 5/9 Weekend

5/8 Pigeon River Dam to Hartford

1st lap = 800cfs

74 deg. Put on at 11:30.

Barry, Robert, Becca, Rita, Tim, & Todd

This trip was my first run down the pigeon and they all called it Pigeon lite! The flow was small and nowhere near its normal push! We made our way down and I was nervous. I always am on first descents. I made it all the way to Lost Guide before clipping a rock and spending some time practicing my freestyle strokes. From there down I was loosened up though! So maybe it was a good thing! We got to the end and I was sad to see it come to an end. We all stood in the parking lot for a while and chatted. Barry and his group decided they would head back to Greenville. Becca and Todd decided they wanted to run it again. I was hesitant since I had already changed. When we got back to the put in we noticed it was a lot higher, so I was in for a second trip.

5/8 Pigeon Dam to Hartford

2nd lap = 1500-2130cfs

78 deg. Put on at 3:00.

Becca and Todd

This was the real thing! Big waves and new holes that weren't there the first trip. We paddled down to Lost Guide and I did much better! We got out to take a break and watch some carnage and while we were sitting there the water surged up about 6" and my boated floated off. I had to jump in off the rock and swim out to chase it down! We finally got back in our boats and finished the run with a cool move over Hawaii 5.0. (Thanks Todd) We got off and went to the general store for dinner and sat and talked for a long time! It was a great trip to the Pigeon! Thanks everyone, for my first two runs down the Ol' Dirty Bird!

5/9 Lower Green

100% release

72 deg Put on at noon!

Ian, Lee, & Kimberly
picked up Fred, Craig, & Steve @ Fred's

I decided to join Lee and Kimberly for a trip down the Lower as a way to relax on a beautiful Sunday! We got there and got a late start due to some forgetfulness. I will not name any names! We put on and floated comfortably down the river!We all played a good bit and worked on our rolls. We played at Superman's for a long time. I spent some time ferrying and tried to teach Ian how to skip rocks long distances. He will get it sooner or later. It is all in the rock and not the thrower! We paddled down to Fred's and picked up the guys. They needed to remove a poplar that had fallen in the Ledges. We got down there and Steven ,Fred and I worked for about 40mins getting the tree out of the middle of the river. Craig kept Ian and Lee company and Kimberly watched us from the rock above where the tree was lodged! We were able to cut up most of it and then push it down stream so that it was less of a hazard. We all played at the surfing wave for a while and Ian was tired out. Lee and Ian stayed there and the rest of us boogied on down and got the car. After paddling we hung out at Fred's for an hour and talked. It was a great day on the river!