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Paddle the Festival for the Eno
Submitted by JoeMiller on 07/03/2008 - 23:00
Heading out to the Festival for the Eno over the next three days? Then be sure to work a paddle trip into yours plans.
Once again, Frog Hollow Outdoors of Durham will be offering rides at the top of the hour on the mill pond that backs up from the dam at West Point on the Eno city park, the Festival's venue. FHO's Banks Dixon tells us he'll have about 10 canoes and 8 single kayaks available at $14 per canoe, $8 for the kayaks. Profits go to the Eno River Association; the Festival is the non-profit's main fundraiser to buy and protect land along the Eno.
It's great paddling with still water (OK, there is a barely perceptible current). Good for novices, great for escaping the heat, which always manages to find the Festival.
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Joe Miller grew up in Colorado, skied and hiked, but did not truly explore what all the outdoor world had to offer until moving to the Triangle in 1992. Since then, he's tried everything from diving with sand sharks off the North Carolina coast to clinging to the smooth face of Stone Mountain, 300 feet off the ground, wondering just how efficient the local search and rescue was. He still does a little of everything, but mostly hikes (writing "100 Classic Hikes in North Carolina," published in 2007) and bikes.
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