We put in at the Pilot Mtn. access at Shoals and got out at Donnaha access on 67. The run is about 6.5 miles and it took us 2 1/2 hours. It was a beautiful day on the Yadkin. The water was up higher than I have seen it on my previous canoe trips so this was pretty easy to manuver. The river gauge was 3.9ft. It was pretty fun the first 2/3 of the trips. It has many little rapids. Since the water was up there was very few rocks exposed which was totally different than past trips. Paddling this in a kayak is much easier than a canoe too.
The last third is flat water and I mean flat. It feels like a lake so you have to work to finish rather than let the river just move you. I usually see a bald eagle or two but this time I only saw ducks. Dennis has decided if we do this again he will use his recreation boat, Perception Sport instead of the Liquid Logic Coupe. It is harder to paddle in flat water.
The access at Donnaha and Hwy 67 is in bad shape. The path to the river is muddy inches deep and washed out. In the past this was in much better shape. You can see the results of flooding on all the small islands. The points of the small islands are piled 10-15 feet high with debris.
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