Most of us will start our meet with breakfast at Tarheel Q on 64 around 7:30 before heading off to Tanglewood. Harry, Neal and Terry will pick up the tab for those not there. It looks like our stream flow will be good one according to the gauges at Muddy Creek and Yadkin College. There is a good flow coming down from above Tanglewood. We will just have to be mindful of our putting in below Idols dam, making sure to steer clear of any hydraulics the dam will create. Click each of the following to see present stream flow on the Yadkin. This will give you an idea of what we are looking at flow wise prior to launch. I've missed the last two weekends of paddling, so I'm looking forward to Saturday.
above Tanglewood (Enon)
below Idols Dam (muddy creek, this is at Richard Childress)
Yadkin College
Below is a map of the our road and Paddle Route from Tanglewood Park. Notice how Hwy 801 and 64 run pretty much parallel to each other. Our take out point is the cornfield at Reedy Creek. The actual area is located in "Yadkin College, the creek entering the River there is "Reedy Creek". I'm not sure how muddy our cornfield will be, but don't worry my vehicle will be the one left there to shuttle us back to Tarheel Q. Now for those in our group who like get into map details or for those coming from unknown parts Click Here for the interactive map. I titled the link "find my way.
Tomorrow's paddle is special for me. Our group will have finally completed their "Tanglewood to Tuckertown Run". We will start working on our own report in the coming weeks and give our own evaluation the present Yadkin River Paddle Trail. HRL Paddlers will note the pluses and the minuses we have found in our paddles along the way. Our members have learned a lot. We've made a lot of new friends and great contacts along the way. HRL Paddlers plans to release this information on our website, once their study is complete. We will be forwarding our report to various county, governmental and media agencies. This is our groups contribution to giving back to the Yadkin Pee-Dee River Basin that all of us have grown to love. Our report will be a current reflection of those have actually paddled this whole stretch of water in 2008. We acknowledge the efforts of those organizations who have already given so much to the Yadkin River Basin in their own reports. Our group is not after any recognition. We are only paddlers. We are the ground troops and hopefully our findings will perhaps in some way contribute in part to any future planning along the Yadkin River Paddle Trail. Our Paddler's Creed best sums up what our group is about.
"We carry it all in and we carry it all out
Maximum impact on the Soul
with Minimum Impact on the World
Striving to give paddlers a good name
and a good time
All the while leaving nothing but paddle strokes behind"
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