On Sunday June 7 ten kayakers from the Murfreesboro, Highland Rim, Nashville and Soddy-Daisy Chapters paddled about twelve miles up and down the Tennessee River Gorge. The kayakers were Sara Pollard, Joan Hartvigsen, Lora and Craig McBride, Chuck and Patty Deen, Paulo Smith, Cathy Conley, Kim Meeks, and Joni Perrine. We put in at TVA Raccoon Mountain Ramp and paddled upstream about four miles to Pot Point. We enjoyed our lunch on a shady gravel bar on river left and went for a swim. We then headed back down river, stopping a long the way to swim at several points. We took out at Sullivans Boat Ramp. Our journey took us through Prentice Cooper State Forest, where we paddled under four occupied Osprey nests. We also saw Great Blue Herons, King Fishers, turtles and Loons. Craig saw a couple of snakes swimming along the shoreline. Through out our river journey we were surrounded by cliffs and beautiful Tennessee mountains.
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