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This was the day for everyone coming from the north to drive down to the rendezvous at the Tellico Plains KOA in Tennessee, but David, Mick, and I, who were riding together, paddled Section 9 of the French Broad (2160 CFS) with Jennifer Plyler, a past president of the Canoe Cruisers' Ass'n, Paula Sorenson, and Larry Parmer, who are all southern transplants from the DC area. Jennifer and Paula live just 45 minutes from the FB9 put-in and the Nolichucky put-in! En route to Tellico Plains after boating we stopped for dinner at Bradley's Barbeque (rib joint) in Sweetwater, TN, and everyone had trickled into the Tellico Plains KOA by midnight. Normally I avoid KOA and other RV parks like the plague, but the one in Tellico Plains has a half-dozen tent sites and they have always given us a pretty good deal and allowed us to pack as many vehicles and tents per site as we could manage. This one and the KOA in Buena Vista, CO, are the only ones I will willingly revisit. |
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