Another good week of boating! I was fortunate enough to sneak out on a couple after work Green missions. On Saturday I did a quick lap too before I drove down into Georgia for the annual Tallulah River Festival. There were bands, vendors, reps, foods, drinks, a video contest, a big bonfire, girls, and a ton of people tryin to party. Everyone had a great time, and I don't really think there were any problems. Everything was pretty smooth. I'm glad it is only once a year though... For my own health! The river was awesome too. A big slide called Oceana, and some fun drops. The gorge itself is incredibly aesthetic and beautiful, cascading water and steep sheer walls all over the place. The color of the water is a clean clear dark green. Really cool!
The newest squirt boating concept.
Tallulah Fest, Before the booze.
Taste the rainbow.
Video Contest, Tallulah Fest.
Late night fireworks, Tallulah Fest.
Tallulah Fest, 8am.
500 something steps to the river. As I type now, I can still feel it in my calves.
Oceana, Tallulah River.
So running the Tallulah requires a bit of extra effort to get to and from the river. Beginning with the waivers, and emergency contact information, and then the 500 something steps you walk down to wait in line to put in 2 people at a time, and then you get to boat awesome whitewater for about a mile or so, and then since you are still jonesin for more boating, you get to paddle a mile and a half across a lake to get to your vehicles, and then negotiate the parking lot/road out to the highway.
Well, halfway into our paddle across the lake, we ran into these folks adrift out in the middle. Kind of like a floating snack bar. Only instead of snacks, they had coolers of pbr and mason jars of moonshine.
Georgia Canoeing.
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