Today's PHOC paddle is led by Will Truslow. There are just 4 of us paddling from Low Water Bridge at Ophir to Rt 109. The water level is perfect and the weather is threating.
After launching, I am watching river right for the state champion Short Leaf Pine. It is much further downriver than I thought and for some time I felt we had missed it. However, it did appear and it's crown billowed out into the open canopy over the river.
The sign above is on river right by a large outcropping of Carolina Blue Slate. Will and I were able to step out of our kayaks here to check things out. This has been a great stopping place for as long as I have been paddling this river. It used to have a weird picnic table with just a 2x4 as the bench.
Now, the spot sports this massive stone picnic table, stone steps from the river and some stone benches. It is quite a picnic spot.
Mountain Laurel, Viburnum, Chinese Privat and other shrubs were showing off their white blooms today.
This section has some riffles and a couple class one rapids. We all floated through them safely. There were no strainers to negotiate today.
We arrived at the 109 takeout just after a canoe pulled in, so we had to maneuver a bit to get our kayaks out and up the slide.
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