{"id":5218,"date":"2014-07-18T11:45:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T18:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com-2\/?p=5218"},"modified":"2017-10-17T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T20:06:06","slug":"river-trippin-southeast-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/07\/18\/river-trippin-southeast-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"River Trippin\u2019 in the Southeast U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5228\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190220\/Andria_Davis_31-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"Andria_Davis_31-100x100\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Multiday raft trips are usually associated with the western U.S., but Andria Davis reports that fine river trippin&#8217;\u00a0can be found in the Southeast too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Multi-day raft trips have become a necessity for my husband Leland and me. \u00a0Extended trips give us the chance to completely let go of society and all our mundane worries and live on river time.\u00a0 When I\u2019m on river time, I\u2019m completely in the moment in the most perfect place on Earth: the River.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190223\/middlefork.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5223\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190223\/middlefork.jpg\" alt=\"middlefork\" width=\"648\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190223\/middlefork.jpg 648w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190223\/middlefork-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190223\/middlefork-540x720.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A lot of people enjoy backpacking, or doing multidays in their kayaks, and they are also experiencing this space of bliss.\u00a0 The reason that we prefer rafting for our wilderness experience is manifold.\u00a0 A raft is a huge craft that holds all the creature comforts: a big, heavy, comfy pad to sleep on, tables for food, lots of food, coolers, a full bar, more food, and maybe some costumer-y.\u00a0 That\u2019s just how we roll.\u00a0 Also, on a raft, you can bring friends who like to get out on the river, but don\u2019t want to paddle their own craft.\u00a0 Having an awesome rider on your raft is an important aspect to a river trip.\u00a0 On many rivers, you can also bring your dogs.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing quite as blissful as a dog getting to hang with his\/her peeps all day on the river and then getting to guard and clean the camp!\u00a0 Last, but not least, a raft is just fun to steer.\u00a0 The excitement of the oarsmen and women on a river trip is palatable, and they are just downright amazing to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I\u2019ve spent many years as a raft guide, I\u2019ve taken on the job of safety kayaker for our trips because I still have not mastered the art of driving an oar rig.\u00a0 Also, having safety kayakers is important for many river trips. Sometimes we scout ahead for wood and radio back to the raft Sometimes we chase upside down rafts. We also help to tie off the raft to shore, pick up swimmers and guide dogs to shore.\u00a0 We also are known to lurk around the rafts begging for beer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190227\/beer-mooch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5219\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190227\/beer-mooch.jpg\" alt=\"beer mooch\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190227\/beer-mooch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190227\/beer-mooch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190227\/beer-mooch-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190227\/beer-mooch-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I might try to perform silly tricks for the rafters like covering my face in sunscreen and sticking my Southern Raft Supply sticky coozy (made to stick to a raft) to the bow of my kayak, stern squirting, and trying to get the beer in my mouth.\u00a0 The job of a safety boater can be complex.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190222\/safety-kayaker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5224\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190222\/safety-kayaker.jpg\" alt=\"safety kayaker\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190222\/safety-kayaker.jpg 960w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190222\/safety-kayaker-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190222\/safety-kayaker-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190222\/safety-kayaker-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190221\/SRS-beer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5225\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190221\/SRS-beer.jpg\" alt=\"SRS beer\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190221\/SRS-beer.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190221\/SRS-beer-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190221\/SRS-beer-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, we were not able to make it out to Idaho for our favorite multi-day, the Middle Fork Salmon. So, we\u2019ve been doing some research on places to get away from it all around our home in the Southeast U.S.\u00a0 I always thought of the Southeast as a great place for single day runs, but never really thought of it as a place for multiday raft trips.\u00a0 When we got our NRS raft a few years ago, we spent years doing multidays out West; but we never really explored the possibilities that were right here in our own back yard!<\/p>\n<p>Leland had been mentioning taking a multi-day raft trip in the Emory-Obed area of East Tennessee.\u00a0 This wild, remote area is largely inaccessible by foot.\u00a0 The only way to see much of its\u00a0deep, forested, sandstone canyons is by boat.\u00a0 We had hiked and kayaked in the area before, and really wanted to spend a few days floating, camping, and hanging out with friends on its amazing Wild and Scenic river system.<\/p>\n<p>Just before our planned date, a storm system came through and gave us just enough rain for several days of adventure!\u00a0 The air was heavy and sweet, and the evening filled with the songs of the Spring Peepers.\u00a0 This is the spring magic that puts excitement in the air for Southeastern boaters!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190224\/excited-boaters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5222\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190224\/excited-boaters.jpg\" alt=\"excited boaters\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190224\/excited-boaters.jpg 960w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190224\/excited-boaters-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190224\/excited-boaters-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190224\/excited-boaters-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the plentiful rain, we got to do it al\u2014one day paddling a micro-creek (Little Clear Creek), then heading out the next day for our overnighter on Clear Creek and the Obed River.\u00a0 And these are just a few of many streams in this river system!<\/p>\n<p>Our adventure was class III with amazing wilderness.\u00a0 We had a variety of crafts: an oar rig, a small raft run as an R2, a shredder, about six kayakers, and a ducky.\u00a0 We surfed, played, and had some excitement\u2014one flipped raft, and one entertaining ducky with multiple swims.\u00a0 We forgot our mundane lives as we partied hard at camp and celebrated river time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190225\/Clear-Creek-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5221\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190225\/Clear-Creek-2.jpg\" alt=\"Clear Creek 2\" width=\"929\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190225\/Clear-Creek-2.jpg 929w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190225\/Clear-Creek-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190225\/Clear-Creek-2-720x482.jpg 720w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190225\/Clear-Creek-2-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The de-rigging at the take-out is always hard.\u00a0 I hate saying good-bye to all the wonderful souls.\u00a0 Special bonds are made on river trips, and it\u2019s like that space in river time is what holds them.\u00a0 It\u2019s what keeps me coming back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190226\/Clear-Creek-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5220\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190226\/Clear-Creek-1.jpg\" alt=\"Clear Creek 1\" width=\"929\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190226\/Clear-Creek-1.jpg 929w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190226\/Clear-Creek-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190226\/Clear-Creek-1-720x482.jpg 720w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/31190226\/Clear-Creek-1-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 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