Turnpike to Chalk Banks Report
Well I wanted to meet at 0930 hours but it seems everyone was already there, so unloaded, we talked about taking out at Wagram 401, which we did, Van had boat guard, and we went to Wagram, Andy's Uber shuttled us back, I tipped him ;). We was in the water according our time keeper, Van, 0958hrs, which I was looking at being on the water by 1000hrs to let the sun warm things up alittle. I will say the water was moving along at a brisk place, actually paddling was not required but ruddering was.
We came into downfall very soon, nothing that Gene and saw could not take care or and it was really just to clear over head and side branches. It was really a very nice paddle, water level was great, all other downfall was easy to get around or under in true LRCC fashion, a few short cuts was taken, but I mostly stayed in the main channel, no hurry to return back to the world.
at noon we was already at Chalk Banks, where we decided to eat lunch, Andy entertained us with so photos on his phone, I was glad that I was not drinking anything at the time, or it would have come out my nose from laughing, I did hear that Ann, ( Andy's wife was a bad influence on him ), I approve of it.
Back in the water, we took about 25mins to complete the last 2 miles.
I will say excellent job to the crew, staying together in such water and weather, as hyper thermal is always an issue with me in the season of year, if short cut was taken there was always atleast 2.
We gathered up and lauded the boats, everyone said they really liked this trip, We wished each other Merry Christmas, shook hands and parted.
I shuttled Andy back to his car, we talked about ice cream shop, but it is not open until 1600hrs, We almost had a swimmer, at the fabled area know as 4 fell, this is were 4 paddlers went into the water, one after another several years ago, I hit obstacle in water while adjusting my skeg, boat tilted enough to let a few gallons of water in, but I save myself, one can never under estimate the pucker factor.
Paddle Scott, Andy, Chuck, Gene, Van
Wildlife seen, 1 deer seen, but alot of deer heard moving in the water
Some new construction on the banks on private property
Pics by Andy and Chuck
Lessons Learned, do not remove thigh braces
Wish you and Yours a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from my family to yours!
Scott and Patrick
Again, I want to thank the gang for a great day on the water and the last one for me for the year
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11.18.2023 Lumber River, low water
9 boats in low water, the down fall clearing done prior, has paid off on this trip, no portage, even in low flow, nice easy relaxing paddle with friends of the water ways.
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Great time at River Feast IV and Toys for Tots
LRCC, Crossed Paddles, River Kings, 12 Stones, TRR Pineland, River Rats!
Great time at River Feast IV and Toys for Tots collection. 28 paddlers enjoyed the scenic black water of the Lumber River. Great food, fellowship, and camping. 93 toys were collected.
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Liquid Meditation
I have been working on my kayaking strength , I hoping to run a few races in the future, last one I came in 7th place out of some 35 plus kayakers in my age group.
It is also a time to separate myself from the world and be at peace, the cellphone is in the truck, like the world, I leave it briefly behind, there is something to be said about paddling on your own or with a few people that are experienced. No need to check on others, no herding cats, nothing to distract you.
This is raw video with one cut out scene I am sure no one wants to watch me adjust my foot pegs and seat, I installed Soul Waterman foot pegs, and removed the old heavy bulk head, I will no longer be kayaking in anything over Class III, I did run upon a deer crossing the river, I was going to help one out having trouble get up the steep wet bank, by the time I got there he found his footing and disappeared into the forest. ( I did video him). I usually shop local ice cream shop, but with all the rain, I guess she decided not to open. I missed most of it.
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Cape Fear River 10.7.2023
Van will be posting the trip report, I am testing the Soul Waterman District 11 kayak on class I/II and p3 Paddle
Saturday morning things were a bit iffy, considering the low water level (1.55 feet/572 cfs), overcast skies, and Scott's weather forecast of 70% chance of rain. Well, it turned out to be a good day on the Cape Fear River where we enjoyed sunny skies around lunch time at Lunch Break Island and running the rapids under favorable water conditions. We did find some rocks along the way, but were surprised we didn't do more scrapping considering the water level. We put-in around 10:10 AM and took out about 1:30 PM. No problems. Paddlers were Omer, Scott, Gene and Van. Thanks to Omer and Gene for the shuttle and Scott for the pictures on FB. Van Parker
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The Ice Cream Run
paddling up stream is called Attainment , it is great workout out and way to read the water, any mistakes made will be amplified. We do this run for this reason and also there is a Ice Cream Shoppe right down the road
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Upper Rockfish Creek, Up Stream Paddle
Thank thank Gene for paddling with me and showing me the wonderful little spot on the Upper Rockfish, . 2.2 miles up stream and 2.2 down stream, met a nice Father and Daughter also enjoying the river and thank Gene for his saw work. Testing out the Soul Water District 11 kayak and p3 paddle
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Rosh Hashanah 2023 Lumber River Up stream paddle
For Rosh Hashanah, myself and Andy decided to paddle up stream to Chalk Bank from Wagram 401 and take lunch and float back, Andy got to paddle my kayak and try my new paddle. There was Shofar blowing and afterward some coffee ice cream to finish a great day on the water.
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LRCC and FFA team up to pickup litter
Lumberton FFA
Very successful day with the Lumberton FFA Chapter! Today was our Lumber River Canoe and Land Cleanup! 🛶
With the amazing help of the Lumber River Canoe Club we rowed 5 miles down the river and cleaned up the downtown area. We collected over 20 bags of trash!🗑️
We are so thankful and appreciative of all that helped make today possible! We want to also give a huge thank you to the Lumber River Canoe Club and Friends of Main Street Lumberton for their help and support!💛
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Monday, Monday
The crew went back to find 3 chainsaw the river had claimed, from this day forward, August the 5th will be known as the "Lumber River Chainsaw Massacre", we found one, and we also cleared alittle more, we had taken new paddlers with and decided to make an easy path through all the downfall they had issues with, we are not just clearing for now, but in Fall and Winter, a slip over can become a life threaten issue very fast. The life we save, may be our very own.
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Post River Clearing
The Owner of Cypress Bend Vineyard was kind enough to let us launch from her land, they was so happy that we had cleared the river, that they took a picture of our fearless leader " Chainsaw Mitch), have saw will clear. Paddlers, Gene, Mitch, Omer, Garette, myself
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River Clearing 8.1.2023
So Garrett, Scott, Gene and I are now well qualified to work for the department of transportation or any public utility company after training today.
Yes, we went on a 6 hour river clean up with Mitch Lloyd today and the aforementioned four of us mastered the skill of standing around and watching one guy work.
Mitch is amazing. Not only can he saw underwater, but he can also run three chain saws at once. It’s a sight to behold. Anyway, the Lumber River between the JP Stevens water intake on Riverton Road to Hwy 71 is now mostly clear of downfall. Or at least it was about an hour ago. If you know the Lumber, all bets are off as to whether or not it’s still entirely clear, but at least it should be better than it was this morning
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old Stevens Mill Water Plant Intake to Campbell Soup Plant
Trip report will follow once it is complete, Enjoy, God Bless you and yours for all your days
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LRCC Annual Picnic Paddle
Following the 0915 shuttle courtesy of Gene Lewis, eleven paddlers set off from VC Britt Landing (Boardman) at 10 AM bound for Princess Anne where they would have lunch with fellow members and friends of LRCC. Paddlers were, Andy (TL), Scott (and Patrick), Van, Omer, Melanie, Laura, Beth, Shawn, Kathleen, Bill, and Dennis (in his canoe). It did not rain, there was no down fall, there was good current, a light breeze, few curious bugs, and lots of wildlife. This was the most leisurely paddle of this section I have ever had. We put in at 10 and took out at 12:45 - not stopping for lunch until we stopped for the picnic lunch. Some of our group were off the water at 12:30. I hear Patrick went for a swim. So did Andy - at the finish. It was a great day and fine picnic. Thank you to all who brought food, cleaned up the tables, and cooked. The food was excellent! Scott presented a limited amount LRCC "We Saw You Paddled T-shirts. Sandy Meese donated a 3rd Edition of Paul Ferguson's Paddling Eastern North Carolina. It was nice to see long time members and friends. We have a good organizational group with a good activity and following. See you on the river. Pictures are posted. If you have any pictures please add them
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LRCC Camping and Kayaking Little Pee Dee River State Park 6.3.2023
LRCC and friends decided to do some camping and kayaking
Little Pee Dee State Park, 1298 State Park RD Dillon SC 29536
The trip turned out to be Paddle with your Dog day! Patrick and Ginger had a great time, they both made new friends.
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Lumber River paddle Hwy 71 near Campbell Soup, Maxton to Alma Rd
Greetings,
Was a great paddle trip, we was on the water by 1001hrs, We had a welcome addition onto the group a 4 legged pup, eager to get on the water. We ran into alot of new downfall that was new and alot of poison ivy on that downfall, most of it was was able to get around, 3 required some saw work which Gene and Van was all to happy to do. The weather was very pleasant, I was concerned about rain because I ran into on the way to put-in, but it held of but there was alot of wind, but because of the trees, most of it was blocked so it was not an issue. We did take a lunch break pass our normal location because the normal location was difficult to get to land and area I found provided a small sand bar.
The real issue we had was post paddle, I seemed have misplaced my keys, Crystal found them at the put-in, laying on the ground, apparently, God has a soft spot for paddlers. As I reward, I took her , Andy and Gene out to Blue's Cafe for 2nd Lunch, the cafe was 3 mins away, and is run by 2 grandmothers, being in the South and cafe run by grandmothers, the choice was easy, fried chicken and sweet tea, Gene had BBQ sandwich. I paid for the meals.
Gene brought out his new kayak, and him and Andy did a quick switch, both are very happy with the kayak, so we have a winner. I am glad I could get him connected with the seller.
Paddlers: Andy, Van, Gene, Crystal, myself, Myron, Dorcas,Ginger
Thanks you Crystal for the shuttle and for finding my keys
Thank You Van and Gene for you clearing a path for group
I will post video later, Andy and Crystal will post pictures
I am sorry I had to change the date, as the weather forecast was 100% of rain for Saturday and most of Sunday.
Scott n Patrick the Wonder Dog
PS Monday is Memorial Day, please take a moment to thank those that sacrificed for the nation and their families, SALUTE!
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Lumber River section 9 McNeils Bridge Access at Kenric Dr to High Hill Access
Had been interesting morning as I set my phone alarm, while I sleeping, the phone did a update and rebooted, so my alarm never went of, I woke up 0750hrs, so I was in a hurry, it is a 50 min drive from my home, I did text Van I would be there 10mins late, and way I went, I actually got there 0901hrs and 2 mins ahead of Van and Omer, to our surprise, we had a Janice and Denis W., waiting there for us, we unloaded the gear and boats and left Janice to supervise Omer on the guard duty.
Janice being a trooper, picked up litter and Van left it in truck. We hit the water at 1001hrs according to Van, it was low, but very good level I would say, no issues of downfall, and there was some new downfall, but nothing we could not go around.
It did seem like we was making good time, I mean we paddled to the 5.4 mile before we took a break for snack and refreshment. This not my favorite section because of all the traffic that can be heard from the road near the river, for me it is like I am really not leaving the so called civilization behind and enjoying God's creation .
After lunch we ran into Charlotte, Marshal's wife, and her lady friends , artist doing drawings on the river, bank, we spoke with her alittle and all the lady's took pictures of us kayaking, than headed down river, several power boats were out and about as well as several fishermen doing their thing, one spoke to me, if we was fishing, I replied that we just kayak, which he did not seem to understand, that people just actually kayak for enjoyment.
We did run into a hawk, that was faking injury to lure us away from her chicks, was interesting as I never seen a hawk to this but I have seen this from ducks. I captured this on video, yes I remembered to take off the lens cap this time :). I will post video later, I do not know if anyone took any pictures, as we weere just enjoying the beautiful day with some of LRCC finest.
Paddlers Omer, Van, Denis W, Janice and last but not least ME!
Thank You Van for the Shuttle back to boats, I took Omer and Van back to their truck at the end of the day.
C U on the River!
Scott and Patrick the Wonder Dog
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Upper Little River Ross rd., to Erwin NC low water run
As the title says, the water at Manchester Rd USGS was under 7ft, this mean that the Upper Little River will be lower water, as you can see from the video alot of rock scraping, it was so low I walk up river to check on the guys that where clearing some down fall, the Cape Fear River was alittle above 2ft which is run-able, just have to read the water well.
Found a 4 drawer tackle box, fully loaded, looked to see if the owners name or address or some type of ID was in it, so I could return it, none to be found, Omer said he and his brother fish, so I gave it to him.
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60th Birthday and 40 yrs of kayak
A few good men invited me for a nice day on the river for my 60th Birthday, this is also my 40th year of kayaking. I grew up on the The Danube (Latin name Hister), is the second-longest river in Europe.
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Cape Fear River @ 6.8ft and 8100 cfs
Short little video from Lunch Break Island which is normal lunch break area, hence the name, well not much of the island showing, we did 8 miles in 2hrs that is including 25min Lunch
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Saturday, 4/15/23, Thoroughfare Swamp & Falling Creek (Wayne County)
Sorry about video quality, but I do not have a paid subscription so it will be 1080
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