HRL Paddlers will be helping at the Paddlefest this year.We will still manage to fine time to paddle in some of the activities. Bob will lead one of the Sunrise Paddle. I hope to go on at least one of them. Please stop by and visit our booth and purchase a raffle ticket. Our group had planned to offer a boat as a raffle prize, but since "Dana" a HRL Paddler asked "Stanely Furniture to donate a more expensive prize" we decided to focus on selling those tickets at the event. All monies from the sell of the raffle tickets goes to a great cause. A planned raffle for a boat by HRL Paddler will be held at a later date, yet to be determined.
There will be a new change coming to HRL Paddlers which may be announced during Paddlefest. We are ever extending the outreach and boundaries of our paddle group or what we refer to as "our ripple effect". The change we will be undergoing will help us accomplish that, as we paddle all the waters in the Yadkin River Basin. Our group has really changed since that first meeting in March. The group that is paddling now is more seasoned and experienced. The paddlefest will give a lot of our members the opportunity to learn and practice Deep Water rescue techniques. 87 degree water temperature is a great time for anyone to learn a deep water technique in an actual deep water scenario, taught by people experienced in deep water rescue.
For those who would like to help us at Paddlefest, email hrlpaddlers@gmail.com. Most of our dedicated group of paddlers will be there, however not all can be. Our group will began making preparation of our Tanglewood to Tuckertown Report for release in the coming months.
Our paddle trail in the fall will carry us to the Pilot Mountain Area. We will try to coordinate the timing with the color change of leaves. The remainder of the summer our paddles will be focused on the "Narrows, Badin, Falls and Tillery".
We are always looking for new people to join us. We are always amazed by the beauty of each paddle, thinking they can't get better, yet they still continue to do so. Now I have finally accepted that our best paddles have yet to come, leaving me looking forward to every next paddle.
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