Smith River,Philpott dam Spillway to Bassett access, July 4th

Had to go again!  It is hard to find places that has water in July, especially when we have had 2 weeks of close to 100 degrees with no rain.  July 4th we decided to take Casey and Carly to the Smith River.  Carly said she would only kayak if she did not have to paddle.  I believe she is a little lazy so Dennis and I thought this would be a good run since it is a dam release and the water is very cold.  We put in at 12 and got off at 2:15.  It was perfect.  I was a little worried we would out run the water release since they released from 11-9 and we put in at 12 but it was fine.  The video shows us going through the last rapid and Casey bumps Carly and she has to go through  backwards. The release was much like the last time 680 cfs and 4 ft.