This last Friday Curt and I stopped at Nottely Lake in the N. Georgia mountains and had a sea trial for approximately an hour and a half. We then continued to Murphy, NC where we use for a base, from there we paddled Fontana Lake in the Nantahala National Forest. This is truly a beautiful location. We paddled approx. 12 miles round trip while hurricane Irene was pounding the NC shore. We had a beautiful day. We stopped and hiked a trail to an old abandoned logging community and had lunch then returned.
What a treat to paddle in water where looking down into 10' or so and bottom or fish, saw lots of schools of Trout 10" t0 12", next morning we saw a small black bear scurrying across the road on our way to the put in at Cheoah Lake, another crystal clear lake that looks more like a river. Water temp there was 52 degrees!
Here's some pictures.
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| Sea Trial on Lake Nottely |
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| Lake Cheoah, just below Fontana Lake Dam, water temp is 52 degrees! |
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| Hazel Creek on way to abandoned Proctor City, an old logging community. |
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| Trees have taken over the home! |
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| John, just uprighted from roll practice, Fontana Lake water was 82 degrees! |
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| Rolls to quick for the camera, I guess I need to figure out the video. |
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| We had 8 of us, and picked up others along the way, Sam has his sail deployed to assist. |
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| Heading out!, Susie, Curt, John |
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| Look closely at the rocks and gravel, this is where I said "Oh well" first scratches! |
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| Beautiful lake |
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| Water down a bit. |
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| Lake Cheoah, crystal clear water! :-) |
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| Lake Cheoah looking towards Fontana Dam. |
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| Paddling in the mist! |
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| Smile Curt! |
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| Sam, John, Curt |
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| Park Rangers "somewhere" |
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