Photo of me, dropping an 18-foot waterfall in my Pyranha Prelude open boat on Paint Creek near Hot Springs, N.C.
Paint Creek
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Paddling: Paint Creek
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. 
Paddling: Nolichucky
We continued our paddling venture down to Erwin, TN, a town historically known for hanging an elephant. What a gorgeous river, though.
Paddling: Big South Fork & Rockcastle
Wade, Ray, and Kevin met me in Knoxville, TN, and we caravanned up to Kentucky for some paddling. We’re all open-boaters, meaning we paddle canoes through whitewater rather than kayaks.
We began our weekend with the magnificent Big South Fork:
Then we headed up to Rockcastle, which had a bit of a steep hike down to the put-in but was a beautiful paddle:
Florida Earthskills Gathering
Location: Hawthorne, FL
I worked-traded at the Florida Earthskills Gathering. I learned how to reverently slaughter a chicken, learned about pheromones, and how to take care of a gathering’s worth of humanure.
