Kayaking - Caney Fork River

 We took our boats down to the boat launch at the Long branch campground. Slowly the other members of Paddling Buds started to show up. A few of us waited with the boats while the others shuttled down to the takeout. Everybody returned and we got on the water. It was another beautiful day on the Caney Fork River, but this time it was nice to be paddling and chatting with old friends and new friends. We stopped after 6 miles past the bridge on a gravel bar and had a lunch break. We finished after 8 miles and got out at Betty’s Island. It’s a narrow lane down to the boat ramp and cars had to do some maneuvering to get down and pick up boats. We headed back to our campsite, but this time we had a little dog, Chewy with us. His owner John was going out to eat with some of the other paddlers and since we had already taken out some meat for dinner, we were headed back and offered to doggy sit. It was a scrumptious dinner - hamburgers, salad, mac & cheese and a seltzer after dinner. John came back and we chatted for a while, played phase 10 and retired in our comfy home away from home.

The view from our dining room table!