Coastals

I plan to meet Maurice at Noon on Saturday at the take out. We will also paddle on Sunday. Anyone else planning to be there? Tom McCloud

The Meherrin River has been on my to-do list for a long time. I have looked at it from bridges, only. Last year at this time it was running 10 feet above normal following the hurricane so the trip was cancelled. I have not been able to find out whether anyone has paddled there in the past year. This...

Gages in the upper Potomac are above minimums this Thursday morning. A stormfront is forecast to pass thru on Friday, and any significant rain will bump up the gages nicely. Temps in the 60s during the day. I will camp at Seneca Shadows on Thursday and Friday nights, probably loop A. The Friday padd...

Smokehole weekend is coming up. Water levels in the upper Potomac are low right now. We will paddle somewhere, but most likely on the flatter downriver sections, so if you really need a whitewater fix, this may not be the trip you want to join. I will camp at Seneca Shadows on Thursday & Friday ...

For the umpteenth consecutive Easter there will be a paddling trip in the upper Potomac drainage. This is a continuation of the 'See the eagles' trip which Al Thompson of the Coastals started a long time ago, and most years we have seen Bald Eagles in the canyons. The exact schedule depends on where...

Planning to drive down on Saturday for the meeting, and the weather forecast looks good enough for a paddle. Will there be a trip on the upper James?
Tom McCloud

On 2-3 Dec. I did a canoe camper on the Mullica river in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Met Curt & Eileen at the Atsion ranger station on Rt 206 north of Hammonton, NJ, which is close to the put-in, on Friday evening, then went north a few miles to the Pic-a-Lili restaurant, a good place to eat...

WE have water in the Roanoke, while other smaller rivers in eastern North Carolina are dry. So this gear-in-boat canoe camper will be done between Weldon and rt 258, approx. 30 miles over 3 days/ 2 nights. Meet at the boating access ramp at Weldon NC (east of I95, just off rt301) at 11am on Saturday...

I had posted a week ago inviting folks to join me in northwestern Pennsylvania to see some new rivers. There were no takers. Too bad, because they got heavy rain up there over Thursday night and a little more on Friday, and every creek I drove over had water. It would have been a good weekend for cr...

I'll be driving to NW Pennsylvania this week and would like to see a couple new rivers, if I can talk someone into meeting me out there. I know nothing about this part of the state, but thinking about Red Bank Creek, Clarion River, Slippery Rock creek - something in this region, wherever there is wa...

The water levels in the upper Potomac and Cheat basins looks moderate but OK for this weekend, though the Lost and Moorefield are already too low. I will drive out there on Thursday afternoon and camp at Seneca Shadows. In previous years loop B was opened first. On Friday morning meet at Yokum's Sto...

Confirming that there will be a canoe camper as posted here previously. Meet at the Twin River Outfitters in Buchanan at 10 on Saturday morning. Pack warm clothing and rain gear. A drysuit would be a good idea. Carry a couple gallons of water. Tom McCloud

Over the past several years we have explored many miles of rivers in eastern North Carolina, but because of the severe flooding in eastern NC which occurred last month, I've decided to go to the upper James this year. I'm not familiar with the upper James, but see 600 cfs at the Buchanan gage, which...

Two warm and sunny days on the river in late October. Over 20 paddlers each day, though not many of us who paddled with Bill, on this 40th anniversary- weekend. Off the river today before the rain started. A good time was had by all, thanks to Dave. Tom McCloud

I'll pull into Tall Oaks sometime Friday afternoon. Is anyone thinking about paddling on Monday? Tom McCloud