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Put In -
Located
at the Upper Barton Creek boat ramp on Six Forks Road. Put
in on the right side of the boat ramps. Another run at night to watch
the Perseids shower with a couple of guys from work. This was also my
first trip with the Cash for Clunkers car(2009 Honda CRV) I got for trading
in my clunker(1998 Ford Windstar). I ended up with a really nice new
Thule
Slipstream for hauling the kayak. I did use Yakima landing pads as
they allowed the whole rack to be removed easily.
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Distance/Time - 6 miles/2 hours 30 minutes
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Difficulty - Difficult because of a night paddle.
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Trip Directions - We first headed west under the bridge and took a short
paddle down to the zip line and the back for the last paddlers to arrive
around 9PM. The we all headed towards Highway 98 bridge to get a good
view of the south east for the meteoroid shower. A little cloudy, so
we only thought we saw some streaks, but it was a very calm flat water
night.
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Scenery -
Not much wildlife to be seen or heard. No frogs or evening sounds at
all. Maybe they all were looking for the Perseids shower also.
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Hazards -
Since it was a slightly cloudy and rainy night, hardly a motor boat in sight.
