I began paddling in June 2006. This was during the drought that is extending well into 2007 in the Southeastern US. Initially all of these ELF runs were still rather exciting to me, for the first 10 months or so. Now I’ve had a few good level runs and realizing why everyone is complaining about no rain! At least the Ocoee was still fresh and exciting for me, though avoiding the rafts sucks.
Today I live in my wife’s home town of Wenzhou, China. It is on the Eastern Coast, a five hour drive South of Shanghai. All I have is memories of the Chattooga, Tellico Ledges (totally kick-arse), LRC (beautiful!), Nanty, Ocoee, and oh so many more rivers from my home in the South Eastern USA. Also gone from all of my weekends is so many of you kayakers that are my friends and paddling buddies! The campfires, roll practice, late night dinners, I’m going to miss you all a ton!
Both my Hoss and Huck made the trip with me! I’m still hunting rivers to paddle. I know there are some European guys and gals living in Shanghai that want to paddle as well, just nothing to paddle that they know of yet. Lots of flat water but “flat” is a four letter word.
For now on this page, I’ll toss in some notes about what I’ve learned & done (sometimes foolishly) back home in the Southeast.
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