Wed, Jun 27 2012 - BYO-Boat Evening Hooch Float w/ optional Flora & Wildlife stops (View Original Event Details) Trip Leader(s): Charlie Cottingham Participants: Charlie Cottingham, Clément Desaulniers, Laurie F, Cam H, Tom Lewis, Laura V, Mark, Kenny Donaldson, Mary Donaldson, Josh E, Dennis G, Bill McGoldrick, Ashley L

What a gorgeous summer evening!  We 13 AOC paddlers had a wonderful time together on this exciting section of the "Metro" Chattahoochee that has such a mountainous and wilderness aura.  Along the way we had a nice long relaxing stop on the beach across from the famous jumping rock where several of our group enjoyed the plunge and swam with the couple of dozen young adventurers who had already climbed atop those rocky cliffs when we arrived.  Just downstream of the cliffs there's a rope swing hanging from a high tree where several teenage aerialists were doing their thing by climbing the trees and plunging into the river from the swing.
  Thanks to Kenny who furnished the shuttle ride for our drivers back to the put-in before the float and to new member Dennis who after the float returned the remainder of our group & boats back upstream in his nice truck.  Everything went exactly according to plan with our Powers Island launch at 6 PM and Paces Mill takeout well before dark and lots of friendly folks and conversation along the way.  We may have picked up a valuable new member: Cary, with his helmet cam and kayak who paddled alongside us and helped watch our gear during our shuttle setup.  We'll definitely have to do another "Happy Hour on the Hooch" in a couple of weeks!
  -Charlie, June 28th