This was our third annual float trip down the Hiwassee River with our friends, the Pattens.
In previous years we have gone closer to the fourth of July, but this
year we were able to get on the river on Father's Day weekend.
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After several years of doing this trip, we all decided to invest in our own floats. Our family purchased two inflatable kayaks and our friends got their own inflatable tubes.
We met at the take out point next to Hiwassee Outfitters (there is public parking there for the natural area). We left the Pattens mini van there and loaded all of our gear and people into our SUV and made the curvy drive upstream to the put in point.
It took about 20 minutes to inflate everything and get on the river, but it really wasn't too bad considering how long you have to wait for the shuttle.
We had a really great day on the water. The youngest of our group, Simon, got tossed out on two rapids and said he would never do it again, but by the time we left he was coming round.
Now that we have our own gear, we are hoping for more such trips.
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