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Location: Eno river from Kings Highway Park to dam at Orange-Alamance Lake. Date: Late September 2025 Craft: Mad River Explorer, Fiberglass In July tropical storm Chantal dumped around 10 inches of rain into the Neuse River basin. The Eno, Little, and Flat rivers experienced serious flooding. The water plant, riverfront parks, and several houses were submerged under 20+ feet of water. The USGS river guage recorded a massive spike then went silent. The city reopening Kings Highway Park...

I made a last minute decision to take my Campfire Tent and wood stove on this trip. I can't believe I almost went without them. I'm too old to camp this time of year without a proper heat source. I was especially looking forward to this trip because I was going to meet up with forum member Penns Woods. Larry and I would have preferred to go earlier in the season but we both had other obligations. Better late than never as the saying goes. Although I had a lot of great day trips this year I...

After thinking for the third time, "Surely this is the end of the rapids and lac Octavie will appear around the next bend," the water disappeared, leaving only that straight line that all voyageurs know, means a chute, a falls. I was so tired, so discouraged, and the span so narrow I actually entertained the idea of paddling over the falls. "Maybe it's just a ledge. Maybe it isn’t very steep. Maybe there’s a tongue," whispered some exhausted part of my brain. With all my willpower, I...