TTA Hiwassee River Campout 2018

The Highland Rim chapter hosted a camping, hiking, and kayaking weekend at Hiwassee-Ocoee Scenic Rivers State Park in Delano, TN.

Friday we used our own kayaks and floated a portion of the Hiwassee River and had a wonderful potluck on Friday night.

Saturday started with a 3 mile hike in the Cherokee National Forest to a great waterfall and then we took "Duckies" (inflatable kayaks) down the whitewater portion of the Hiwassee. Another potluck Saturday night and then Sunday, some went home, some paddled in their own boats a calmer stretch of the Ocoee and others did the whitewater Ocoee float.

It was a wonderful weekend for all involved and many thanks to Joan Hartvigsen who put this whole thing together without a hitch!

We had people from Nashville, Tullahoma, Winchester, Murfreesboro,  Chattanooga , Memphis, Gallatin and Crossville and even one as far away as Indiana on this trip.

Great gang!

We got to enjoy the company of my Aunt Linda and Uncle Rick for the weekend. We camped at the Eagle Cove RV park Beautiful park and friendly people.

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Michigan 2018

Another wonderful gathering of family at the Elk Lake Cabin. Lot's of fun and laughs. We had four campers at the Sugar Springs Campground and families at The Camp hotel. The annual canoe trip was on the Manistee River using the Shel-Haven Canoe Rental. The one day that they we did have rain, which was not much, we hung out at the pavilion at the campground and played games. We did get a Taco Tuesday in at the Elk Lake Bar.  Our cousin Jimmy came and did a fish fry which spoiled us all and yes, we had a slider night too!

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