Flow: 2ooo cfs - peaking
Gauge: Hatchet at Rockford
Clarity: Muddy
Weather: Near 60 - Cloudy skies, Showers
Section: U.S. 280-U.S. 231.
This is the highest we have ever floated Hatchet. Weogufka was blown out at this level. We checked Chestnut Creek in Verbena and it was too low. The radar storm total showed most of the rain fell in northern Coosa County. The amount of water flowing in out of Jacks/Socapatoy, indicated that the Socapatoy run would have been decent Monday.
It was a fast run, maybe three hours of floating and a long lunch at the mid point. Some shoals were washed out, while others had decent waves. There are two solid class II rapids at this level.
The best level for Hatchet is about 1500 cfs...
It was a very pretty run, as usual. On the shuttle back, I took the moped for a ride up through Hanover. After impressing the ladies out in front of the local church with my peddles and 49 cc motor. I proceeded down county road 49. I was laughing about how funny it must look to see a 33 year old guy in a red and black paddling outfit on a retro moped. I looked over at a guy walking his dog in the front yard. As I waived, I realized that it was not a dog after all. The man had his pet possum on a leash. Out for a stroll with the pet possum, on a rainy day in Coosa County.
Section: U.S. 280-U.S. 231.
This is the highest we have ever floated Hatchet. Weogufka was blown out at this level. We checked Chestnut Creek in Verbena and it was too low. The radar storm total showed most of the rain fell in northern Coosa County. The amount of water flowing in out of Jacks/Socapatoy, indicated that the Socapatoy run would have been decent Monday.
It was a fast run, maybe three hours of floating and a long lunch at the mid point. Some shoals were washed out, while others had decent waves. There are two solid class II rapids at this level.
The best level for Hatchet is about 1500 cfs...
It was a very pretty run, as usual. On the shuttle back, I took the moped for a ride up through Hanover. After impressing the ladies out in front of the local church with my peddles and 49 cc motor. I proceeded down county road 49. I was laughing about how funny it must look to see a 33 year old guy in a red and black paddling outfit on a retro moped. I looked over at a guy walking his dog in the front yard. As I waived, I realized that it was not a dog after all. The man had his pet possum on a leash. Out for a stroll with the pet possum, on a rainy day in Coosa County.
4 comments:
"pet possum on a leash." That was hilarious. I laughed out loud in a cubicle environment at work when I read this. I guess I am going to have to stop reading these at work.
That is a lot of water. It definitely looks like a fast fun trip.
just got back in from doing this run........don't do it right now it's a lot of boat dragging or "wet walk" if you prefer the term. it took us from 10AM saturday to 10AM sunday to make the treacherous run because the water is so low. the locals say it's only runnable in May. people try it at other times, but usually require rescue or don't complete the run and need emergency transport near dark. Most of our crew made it out by the later, but my son and I WERE stranded overnight above rapids that had to be wet walked.
correction on that last post we finally made it back 10AM monday
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