Today: 17.0 miles
Trip: 1423.1 miles
Richard and I met at a convenience store west of Rome this morning, dropped a car a Lock and Dam Park, and then drove to the Old River Road boat ramp on the Coosa. We paddled the ten miles upriver to Lock and Dam Park with no great difficulty. Richard then ran shuttle for me as I paddled the remaining 7 miles into Rome. We had a fine grilled steak, potato, onion, and salad dinner at a campfire in tithe park, where we will spend the night. Back to the Etowah tomorrow, east of Rome.
Glad to see you back at it. Hope you’ll be able to finish up before any further bad weather or down river currents.I sent your wife the E-mail addy and a compliment to you both. Safe Paddling. Randall
Hi Robert,
Having followed your website since day one, I’m way past due in letting you know how much I’ve enjoyed tagging along on your adventure. I’ve followed the news and radar today to see what this line of storms might have in store for us here in Gainesville. Looks like the area you might have been in got hammered! I know I join many others in hoping you fared well and look forward to your next post. Good luck with your final strokes upriver.
Isn’t technology great? I saw this storm developing with a Weather app on my iPhone and came off the river the day before.