The creek winds through mostly residential areas. Traffic noise was never far away. It did have some nifty (unpainted) rocks. It also had low block wall spanning the creek but with a 8 foot wide break in it. The water level was high enough to provide decent but not heavy current to paddle against. With a head of steam, it wasn't hard to navigate. But, without it, it took some harder paddling to make it through. Silly me - I neglected to take a picture. Further up, there were rocks that would have required getting out and walking through. There was one narrower gap where several guys tried to paddle. Ray got far enough through the gap to get into a bind when he got off his line. The current pushes your bow perpendicular and can wedge you in a narrow gap. I missed the action but watched a few others give it a try. Kathleen had a nice time talking to Ginny. Ginny is currently working at Presby-Matthews where Kathleen did several on-call stints in CT and also worked their mobile MRI unit. The trip was short enough that it was hard to have long conversations with everyone. I talked a bit with Kary and Eddie who are also new kayakers having bought their boats last summer.
Eddie contemplating his line before trying the gap in the rocks:
Andy, Kathleen, and a road over the creek:
Ginny:
Bridges (2 RR and 1 road) over the Catawba River below the creek:
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