Trip Reports

August 12 Pigeon River from Webb to Afton Road

Trip report is by Tracie, because she volunteered when nobody else would
Photos by John, Jocelyn and Glenn
After hearing about this trip over the last few years, I finally made it! I'm so happy that I got the chance to go. The weather was great, not too hot or too sunny, & warm enough to get in the water when needed. We dropped boats by the roadside, drivers ran the shuttle while those of us remaining behind moved boats one at a time down the bank & tied them up to tree roots. The put-in had a nice eddy so the launch of our group went well. The river was at a decent level with the recent rains. No major issues were encountered throughout the first 60% of the trip.
                         THEN THE GATES OF HELL WERE REACHED.
We wandered through a demon log, dead tree & sweeper filled miasma section for the next 20%. It took team work and all our skills to negotiate. This was followed by the last 20% of rock dodging and bottom scraping before the river ultimately spit us out. Dirty, sweaty, wet, with twigs, leaves & crawly things on our persons &/or boats. But satisfied grins on our faces that we conquered all the obstacles the mighty Pigeon threw at us. It was a 100% wonderful day!

The start
 
The Pigeon is a pretty river with no crowds







The problems start

All the late summer flowers were in bloom including my favorite, the cardinal flower.

Glenn helps Lois over a log a little too big to charge over.






Jocelyn finds an alternative route