Since it was to be a hot humid day, we chose a short route to paddle on the Uwharrie River. From the Rt 109 bridge to the end of Forest Road 555 it is only 4.7 miles - if you stop at the take out spot the first time by. We managed to stop on our second pass. So our float took us all the way to the back water of Lake Tillery. When we saw the buoy marking the limit of safe motorboat navigation, we knew we had gone too far, way too far. Fortunelty on the return we didn't have to deal with a downriver current until we were out of the back water. However, beyond there, it was more strenuous. We had to step out of the boats twice to walk up through a couple rapids. Finally, I saw the take out spot, overgrown for some 10 years now. We still needed to haul the boats 1/4 mile to the gate across the forest road. My canoe wheels worked fine with one boat but was just a bear with 2 so John had to carry his boat out the old fashioned way.
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