Estimated Length: 7.6 Miles
Date: Oct. 9, 2011
Weather: Sunny and in the 70’s
Time on River: 3 and 1/2 hours
River Conditions: Class I
Distance from Nashville: 45 minutes
Close By: Chapel Hill, Henry Horton State Park and Cedar Rock Lodge
Put-In: Warner Bridge
Take-Out: Halls Mill
Overview:
I wish the weather would stay just like this and we could skip winter all together. It was beautiful today. This stretch of river surprised us with its majestic bluffs, great rock formation and a waterfall!!!
We put-in just down stream from Warner Bridge. As we got out of the car we spotted a dog that was stranded on a log jammed up against the bridge pylon. After a serious discussion of how to rescue the animal without tipping us into the river or getting bit by the dog, Lex and I managed to lift him into our canoe and back over to shore. The poor thing was freezing. It looked like it had spent the night with half its body in the river. He did have a collar and was well feed so we knew he had a home close by. Later when we came back to get our car he was nowhere to be seen and must have gone home for some dinner. 
The staff at Cedar Rock Lodge have a great since of humor. We ran into some of their buddies as we started our trip down the river.
As usual we had the river to ourselves. We did have to portage at one spot where a tree had blocked the river. This section of the river does have some extremes, at places is was very broad which we had to paddle thru with muscle but then it would narrow and test our canoeing skills.
The gem of the trip was the waterfall. We did run into a father and son fishing at this location. What a great place to have lunch. The pictures speak for themselves.
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