Paddle Georgia 2020 Destination

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* 1. Which river do you want to explore for 7 Days during June 2020? Rank your choices from favorite to least favorite.

Upper Flint River: A repeat of 2008 but this time hopefully with more water! we'll have several days of Class I shoals and then finish our journey on the river as it winds through the coastal plain to Montezuma and Oglethorpe. Portages? Yes, but just one around Yellow Jacket Shoals. Whitewater? Yes. Multiple shoals on the first few days of the trip.

Savannah River: An exploration of the big river through Augusta and points south. One day of whitewater as we cross the fall line in Augusta and then we'll meander on the twisting and turning river as it winds through the coastal plain. Sandbars and oxbows highlight this big river. Portages? Yes, but just one around New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam. Whitewater? Yes, but just the first day as we paddle through Savannah.

Chattahoochee, Flint & Apalachicola: Three rivers; one trip. This journey will take in a free-flowing section of the lower Chattahoochee, a portion of the Flint upstream of Lake Seminole and the free-flowing Apalachicola in the Florida panhandle. Highlights include an historic covered bridge, blue hole springs, passage through a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lock on the Chattahoochee and Florida's Torreya State Park and Alum Bluff conservation area. Whitewater? Nope, all flatwater. Portages? Yes. Two of them, but all done with trailers and trucks!

St. Mary's: Blackwater and white sandbars highlight this journey on the river fed by the Okefenokee Swamp as it forms the border between Georgia and Florida. Portages? None, but paddling influenced by the tides on the last day or two. Whitewater? None

Oconee-Altamaha: An exploration of the lower Oconee and the Altamaha Rivers and a chance to visit "the forks," one of Georgia's most legendary confluences (Oconee & Ocmulgee Rivers). Coastal plain paddling at its best with lots of sandbars and oxbow lakes. Portages? None. Whitewater? None

Satilla River: A favorite of Spring on the Satilla paddlers, blackwater and sandbars highlight this journey as we course through the coastal plain to Woodbine. Portages? None, but paddling influenced by the tides on the last day or two of the journey. Whitewater? None

Broad and Savannah Rivers: A repeat of 2010 when we donned whitewater helmets and challenged the Broad River's Class II rapids. The route takes us along the length of the Broad with a portage around Clark's Hill Lake to continue on the Savannah River to Augusta. Highlights include the Broad's rapids and historic Anthony Shoals, Augusta Canal Lock and Dam and a grand finish in downtown Augusta. Whitewater? Yes Portages? Yes. Three. Around Clark's Hill Lake, Stevens Creek Dam and Augusta Canal Dam.