We spent a night in Denver, CO, where we left Jen with some friends, and then rolled northwest to cut around the mountains and make our way into Utah. After a week in the Uinta National Forest, near Hebor City, UT, we headed to Vegas.
We stayed at the Circus Circus, the same hotel Hunter S. Thompson stayed in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”. Our experience was a bit different.
Photo of me, dropping an 18-foot waterfall in my Pyranha Prelude open boat on Paint Creek near Hot Springs, N.C.
Location: Paint Creek, north of Hot Springs, NC
We found the “ducky slam” we intended to paddle over congested with logs, so we headed downstream. 
We continued our paddling venture down to Erwin, TN, a town historically known for hanging an elephant. What a gorgeous river, though.
