Whitewater Rafting onthe French Broad River

We paddled the French Broad River with French Broad River Expeditions (?). The river was very low (450CFS) but was still boatable and we had fun. Because of the level we were limited to the shorter run from Barnard to Stackhouse.

We camped at Rocky Bluff, a Forest Service campground up the road from Hot Springs. Info here : http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/RockyBluff.pdf

We had a great dinner at the Smoky Mountain Diner in Hot Springs.

Pictures here : http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtFrenchBroad Note that many of the pictures of the rafts (and canoe) were taken by the photographer for the raft company. We purchased a CD with all of the pictures.

The Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain

We camped near Boone and went to the Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain. The campsite was nice (need the name and location).

Pictures : http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtGrandfatherMt

Where we camped : http://steelecreekpark.com/

Lake Linville

Brad and Marty hosted.

Edisto River Trip

We camped at Colleton State Park and canoed a section of the Edisto River from Ma's Old Field to Givhans Ferry State Park (?).

Pictures : http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersOnTheEdisto

Attempted backpacking trip...

We tried to go backpacking along the Chattooga River, but were rained out... We had fun anyway.

Pictures here : http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAttemptedBackpackingTrip

Congaree Outing

We had planned to go to the Congaree Swamp and camp, but that didn't work out. We ended up camping on a member's property and taking a short canoe trip on the Congaree River.

Pictures are here : http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersOnTheCongareeRiver

We put in at the Gervais Street Bridge and took out at the State Street Landing.

Battle of Aiken Reenactment