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A couple of photos from the North end and South end of the South Holston Lake.

 



And my souvenir from SoHo other than the photos and memories, looking at the skunkworks from my back porch.

 

 

Joe you missed a great few days of cruising.  

It's really small water once you get upstream. No houses or docks, just trees and lots of them. I must have passed hundreds of dead and dying sycamore trees that were growing in the water, which is new to me. It's almost like the water level is up higher than normal and has been for long enough to kill these sycamores. Most are like 2/3 dead. Then out of nowhere there is the Winery. I went a few hundred yards further and the rocky bottom becomes visible and I turned around. I was surprised to see a dozen Feather Crafts about a mile downstream at the river fork and the overhead wooden bridge of the Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail, which is about 50ft. above the river. 

Dan, this is such a weird story. 

I was exploring the South Fork Holston River and came upon Abingdon Vineyards. I couldn't tell what it was from the water even after paddling up the small cove right off of their outdoor seating area. There were a few symbols that looked Amish in nature and a few cars but nobody outside. It may the the site of an old grain mill and had a separate stream flowing over a rocky surface.

You can go much further up the South Fork as it gets real shallow and it's rocky. I wish I had more photos but my camera battery was discharged. 

 

scoot wrote:

You know….in one of those pics….I see Dan holding a cup.  Either his hands have grown or that cup is not a beer cup.

That was a Solo Cup red plastic shot glass. Jim P. carries them in his backpack in case of snake bite. The rum was 'Black Heart'. 

Damn. Timing was right. Halfway between Sunnyland cruise and Arrowhead. Damn.

Special thanks to Jim Parnell (BBQ was Awesome) and Melinda and Andrew for helping us feed this bunch of rivetheads!!

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