I saw several people on the river I had not seen in a while due to the low water levels plus I haven't been making very many road trips. It was good to see Dennis Huntley, Amos Shuman, Caleb Paquette, Kyle Anderson, Mike Nail and ...
I got to meet and paddle with a few of Chris and Johnny's friends as well: Christian, Yonton, Daniel, and Medford. Thanks to these guys for the help with the shuttle. It was a good day with excellent weather and nice water level.
Onto Tsali. Chris was unable to ride due to a technical difficulty with his brakes. Johnny and I did a short 7.2 mile loop: Mouse Branch in 50 minutes. It was sloppy enough to have to push in a couple of places but most of the rolling downhill was dry enough and fun.
7.2 miles, short but fun
Average moving speed: 9.2 mph
Total time: 50 minutes Moving time: 46 minutes # of stops: 4
I added something different from today's ride, a map of Mouse Branch. 
My tactic for the next Cheoah - Tsali combo: Next time do an early morning ride first, paddle later to beat the crowd then do an evening ride on the way back through. Today we put on the river at about 30 minutes after the water got to the store and I think 90% of the people that paddled today did the same thing. When we were driving away from the takeout the river was almost empty. We had caught the bubble right before the Big Un and had to stop and wait for the flow to catch up to us. This also allowed the crowd to catch up, hence all the pics I was able to take of people at the big drop.
