Recent content by wrhester

Hello all, Just to let you know I've launched and am now 5 days out. Making good time and working hard. Met some nice folks along the way too. If I have time and battery, I'll post from here on in the trip report section. Until then, enjoy the reading, photos and such at the blog on my...

Great post. The contrast of your pics and trip are astounding. Absolutely beautiful on one hand..dreadful on the other. Enjoy the beauty where ever it is I guess.

Nice shots there. Looks like you had total control of that beast.

yep, put in at Earls and took out at Sandy. One of the best days of paddling the family has had. The wife said, "when I had kids, this is the day that I imagined". Don't know if the rains have stopped since it's cloudy again today, but it sure has filled Fontana and made the river folk happy.

Bear...here's the albums from Section II and another from last year when we took duckies (thanks to your friend James Jackson who loaned em to us) down Section III from Earls to Sandy. Enjoy Section II http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u259 ... pril%2009/ There's a cute video of Callie, my...

I hear ya. Thats the idea. Keep em busy doing things like this and they'll stay outa the other stuff. Adventuring is a great confidence boost plus its a lot more fun than gettin into trouble.

real nice pics. Like the gettin outa the boat technique. Think I've even tried it myself a few times, but thats when I was kneeling in one of those C-1 contraptions.thanks for showin

Just sharing a few pics from our family trip to Florida and our Chattooga day from a couple weeks ago. Kids had their new boats so the wife and I decided to leave the rivers of NC and see what Florida had to offer. My daughter and wife wanted to see manatee so we headed to the Rainbow River and...

I've been following the preparations and talk with great envy. Just too much on my plate to make the trip, but I'll tell you, I wish I could have. Sounds like a great weekend with everything that makes one. So, the question is, what about next year? Same place, same time? I'll have less...

yep. I guess working on the Chattooga so many years I learned to stay away from those squeelin situations.

Can't say I ever saw any camels while paddling. I've seen a lot of different things over the years and travels, but the most worriesome was a time I was in Chile (see Tall Tales post) paddling the Maipo river just south of the capitol. We were about to enter a small, sheer wall gorge and needed...

funny that's what I was sorta doing, but not in my boat. There was a little bit of a levee and they were playin on the other side. At the end of the video they jumped in the water and swam away...I snuck around and outa sight. Came up on them about 60 yards further down on the bank again. They...

pests I bet they could get to be pests quick. Beaver are the same and as you mentioned the Nutria back home quickly become unwanted...but can make a good stew. Saw lots of beaver sign around the area so I'm sure they're there doing their thing too.

http://paddlingforapurpose.blogspot.com/2009/02/if-i-could-be-any-animal-in-world-what.html Tons of geese and duck, but first time I've seen these guys. Actually "guys" might not be right. I think it's more like a guy and his girl.

thank you I'll be figuring out how to plan another trip there soon. It's been about 10 years since I've been...great place to paddle, fish and enjoy. thanks