I spent a chilly and windy afternoon paddling on the Uwharrie River with several friends. Three yaks and a tandem canoe bumped along the river bottom for a good 4 hour ride. Even with the one inch of rain during the previous 2 days, water level was lower than I like to paddle on. The river was clear and much of the ride we could see the rocks we were scraping on. We spotted the usual suspects, Kingfishers, Great Blue Herons, and Wood Ducks.
The bumpy river almost claimed a paddle but fortunately it was retrieved and you can view to the left the paddle being returned.
Toward the end of the ride, we floated into an ancient fish weir spanning the river width, bulging in the middle. I've floated over the spot many times before but never identified this fish weir. The low river level revealed it.
The beer we sampled was Lindman's Framboise, a Belgium lambic beer made with fresh raspberries. I had a nice manly porter all set to bring, but we were in mixed company so I had to go with the fruit. Still a lovely choice.
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