Greenbrier - Middle Prong Little Pigeon // Kayaking the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

It is just hard to beat a day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
My dad gifted me Leland Davis' book "North Carolina Rivers and Creeks" in my first year of paddling. In a time before the current informational powerhouse of AW, before all the social media and RUclips, there were these books. They were your portal to the world of possibilities. Of course in that first year, I was looking for runs I could do...class III/IV runs. This photo on page 161 captured my imagination and was immediately bookmarked. It was the first river I saw a photo of and knew I had to paddle it one day. Somehow in all these years I never did.
I am on somewhat of a kick here lately to go experience a lot of runs that I never got to or havent been to in far too long. The Oconaluftee was wind in my sails. It reminded me of this photo. I dug the book out and returned to that page again this past weekend.
During the premiere of the Oconaluftee last night, we turned 23,000 subscribers on the channel! I thought I should celebrate on a river somewhere. I happened to notice that the river from page 161 was running. Up until midnight I tried to drum up a rally but the crew kept falling apart. I reached out to Blake Fowler after noticing he was inquiring about any possible runs. He answered the call, met me at the river and I got to turn page 161 into a memory! Another perfect day paddling in the smokies....I finally paddled that page - I finally paddled the Tennessee Greenbrier!
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