If you burn 400 calories an hour, I'm sure anyone who paddles in a white water kayak(any boat 10 feet or less) on the lake burns 800, because it takes a much greater effort. I had the good misfortune of paddling a boat not made for flat water and when the wind is against you the trip seems double the length it actually is.
Saturday's Tuckertown Reservoir Excursion was a good one. We launched from the Wildlife Access off River Road into a slight head wind, which continued to increase along the way. My early reports of the wind direction were totally wrong. The wind was never behind our backs, even coming back from the dam.
Our take out point was the Wildlife Access on Hwy 49. This excursion run was easily completed in less than 3 hrs.A few in our group, me included, opted to paddle on to the dam. This added two hours more paddling time to an otherwise short excursion. Our trip to the dam and hike using the portage area around the dam, helped give us a preview of the "Narrows Excursion" which will come later this summer.
Paddling to the dam allowed us to complete on time, a run that has taken our group from the 801 access area in Davie County to Tuckertown Reservoir. We will be focusing on the Tanglewood to 801 stretch in the upcoming weeks. This will allow us to actually write our first real time paddling report on Paddling Conditions from Tanglewood to Tuckertown, which we will post when complete, forwarding our report to the appropriate agencies who are involved with the planning of a blueway trail.
Since we actually finished a week ahead of our schedule our next paddle will be TBA. Some of our group will use the weekend as an opportunity to head to the coast to do some paddling.
Below are the photos from Saturday's Paddle.
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