South Holston River 14.75 miles 4:24 duration 3 geocaches found It had been seven weeks since I last paddled Huck. Far too long! I had talked with Porknbeans (Jane) earlier in the week about rectifying that this weekend. Then, LakeBum (Rob) also asked if I wanted to paddle the Watauga River with him, Richard and …
Category: Huckleberry
Adventures with Huckleberry, my blue Liquid Logic XP9 kayak.
July 28, 2018
Watauga River 9.08 miles 4:21 duration LakeBum (Rob) texted me on Friday to ask if I wanted to paddle on the Watauga River on Saturday. I told him I would love to, but needed to be home by 3:00. Deban and I had plans to meet friends in Abingdon that night for dinner and to …
August 11, 2018
North Toe River, NC 3.89 miles 2:27 duration 4 geocaches found before 5 geocaches found after (1 multi cache, 1 virtual, 1 FTF) 1 DNF (did not find) This day filled with adventure took us to a river I've never paddled, the North Toe River in western North Carolina. LakeBum (Rob) picked me up at …
June 30, 2018
Clinch River - Burton's Ford to Miller's Yard 9.09 miles 5:32 duration 3 geocaches found on the river 3 geocaches found before and after the river 1 geocache hidden When my geopal LakeBum (Rob) invited me to join in on a paddle trip on the Clinch River, I jumped at the chance, despite the fact …
June 24, 2018
Boone Pond 6.29 miles 5:00 duration 8 geocaches found - 2 FTFs Cache maintenance on 1 geocache After a great day on moving water the day before, porknbeans (Jane) and I decided to extend the fun another day. When discussing what we might want to do, LakeBum (Rob) reminded us that there were still a …
June 23, 2018
Watauga River 6.97 miles 4:56 duration 1 geocache replaced 1 geocache hidden I met up with LakeBum (Rob), porknbeans (Jane), Coach_L42 (Thomas), Beauxeault (Jeff) and skyguy777 (Britt) to paddle the Watauga River. Poor Rob was the only canoeist, while the rest of us were paddling kayaks. We were a colorful bunch with red, blue, green, …
May 20, 2018
Watauga River 6.09 miles 2:38 duration My friend Berta organized our first paddling adventure of the year on moving water. I had kayaked on flat water three times this spring, but was happy to finally take Huck on our favorite river, the Watauga. Several in our group had other obligations later in the day, so …
May 12, 2018
South Holston Lake 4.6 miles 3:24 duration 8 caches found (4 during paddle, 2 before and 2 after) 3 DNFs (did not find) The weather forecast for this May Saturday was perfect for some time on the water, so I contacted geocaching pal porknbeans (Jane) to see if she was interested in paddling. We came …
May 6, 2018
Boone Pond 2.68 miles 2:55 duration 3 geocaches found 3 geocaches visited (previously found) 1 DNF (did not find) After spending several nights at the hospital sitting with a loved one, I was ready for some fresh air and exercise. RudeKoolaid (Angela) mentioned that she was planning to kayak on Boone Pond (formerly Boone Lake) …
April 21, 2018
Boone Pond Kayak and Geocache Adventure 1.83 mile 4 hours 5 geocaches found 2 DNFs As another work week drew to a close, I started thinking about plans for the weekend. I already had an event scheduled for Sunday afternoon - New Cache Order's quarterly litter pick up on our section of adopted highway. However, …