random pics that YOU have taken.......

[Joe Bob]

I dated her.....

[rcooled]

[GothingNC]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

Is that the same dam? The spillways dont look similar

Fontana Dam

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GothingNC

Fontana Dam[/img]

Which is very close to the Tail of the Dragon.

BTW, what is the river you posted a pic of - I have kayaked most of the rivers in NC a long time ago and the flow volume looks pretty sporty in your picture.

[GothingNC]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Which is very close to the Tail of the Dragon.

BTW, what is the river you posted a pic of - I have kayaked most of the rivers in NC a long time ago and the flow volume looks pretty sporty in your picture.

Great photo !

River is
Cheoah River, photo I took across from Tabaco Lodge during the dam release. It is a few miles from TOTD

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GothingNC

River is Cheoah River

Neat. I have never ran it, but that is a solid flow speed!

In the photo above I am on the right and my wife is in front of me with the big smile.

The below, in keeping with the river theme, is me and my college roommates on, I think, the Stanislaus in California.

George, from Taiwan, is sitting next to me grinning at the camera...this is in 1982.

[rusnak]

Holy crap, that damn release photo looks scary as hell.

[GothingNC]

Seahawk, white water rafting is on my bucket list. Glad you had someone take the photo, it is priceless.

The dam release flow was loud, we ate dinner right next to it.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GothingNC

Seahawk, white water rafting is on my bucket list.

I was a guide for years in college. The last year I ran was the summer before I started AOCS (Aviation Officer and a Simpleton School) in the Navy in October 1982.

Do it. Ask around, find a good company and enjoy. You are just hours from some of the great rivers in the country. And you have the Targa. Tough to beat.

What time of year do they do the dam release? I am sure it is seasonal and luck may be involved, but I would really like to see it in person. Water at that amount of force and movement is a stunning thing.

Visited my son last week in Norfolk. He passed the Virginia bar and went from the dreaded inside tiger cage to a window!

The One Eyed Jack:

[GG Allin]

[GothingNC]

Seahawk,

Congrats to your son passing the Bar ! Great photo :-)

I plan on going rafting this year after I go sky diving again with my daughter.

Here are the dam release dates
https://noc.com/events/cheoah-river-release/

My buddies son just started a summer job in Buena Vista CO, rafting guide. Will be living a tent over the next 4 months.

[Jolly Amaranto]

In August of 1971, some high school friends an I floated the Salmon River in Idaho from the end of road at Corn Creek to Chittam Rapids which is east of Riggins. Spent three nights on the river.We borrowed a sweep boat that was made out of two US Army bridge pontoons. No guide, just a bunch of crazy kids with a some maps. I got off and walked ahead to get this shot.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by GothingNC

Seahawk, white water rafting is on my bucket list.

There are great rivers to whitewater raft in the TN/NC area. From mild to wild:
Nantahala is a great beginner ride.
Ocoee is a fun river and fairly consistent in ride year round (regulated by dam release)
The Nolichucky is class 4 rapids (and even one class 5 if there have consistent hard rains for a week or two)

Been down all of them more than once.

random:

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GothingNC

Here are the dam release dates
https://noc.com/events/cheoah-river-release/

That is terrific, thanks. Jumping out of a plane is on my "bucket with a hole in it list"

Nice looking Oar Boat rig. Things have come a long way!

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

In August of 1971, some high school friends an I floated the Salmon River in Idaho from the end of road at Corn Creek to Chittam Rapids which is east of Riggins. Spent three nights on the river.We borrowed a sweep boat that was made out of two US Army bridge pontoons. No guide, just a bunch of crazy kids with a some maps. I got off and walked ahead to get this shot.

THAT is so cool!

Daughter and BF fishing off the coast of SC:

[porsche tech]

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

I dated her.....

Did she have big, strong hands?

[rusnak]

The golf cart photo is hilarious!

[porsche tech]

When we came by there was a gator about 20 yards away watching!

Random: found this in the attic in some stuff a few days ago:

[Racerbvd]

[john70t]

Some from the SF bay area. An amazing place but never felt like home after a decade.