Duck River - Mill Town To River Rats

Estimated Length: 5 Miles
Discharge Day of Paddle: 382cfs
Date: May 3, 2015
Weather: sunny and in the mid 70's
Time on the River: 2 and 1/2 hours
Close by: Chapel Hill/ Columbia/ Henry Horton State Park
Put-In: Milltown Road
Take-Out: River Rats Outfitters

Just need the paddlers

For the first trip of 2015 Lex and I chose the Duck River. We wanted easy in and out access and the helpful and friendly staff of River Rats gave us what we wanted. For $15 they shuttled us to the put-in and we floated back to our car, perfect. We started our paddle around 9 am so we beat the crowds that River Rats was expecting.

They were really loud

It was a beautiful day to be on the river. We saw an otter and of course the camera was in the dry bag at the time. But we did get some pictures of  two Canadian geese that looked like they might have been protecting a nest.





With it being early in the season the tributaries to the Duck still had lots of water in them which made for some nice scenery.

Caney Creek