5/16/2011: Chattooga R., Section III: Earl's Ford to US-76 Bridge

	With: Mick Schlotfeldt, David Bernard, Lee Belknap, Dan Bertko, Ernie Katz, David Hafera, Jon Hitchings, Karen Egbert, Larry Parmer, Sandy Snyder, David Vezzetti, Mikel Wellman, Marilyn Jones, Liz Bergen
	Section III is a long day's paddle. For years I used to use the short put in at Sandy Ford, until a few years ago I ran the stretch from Earl's Ford to Sandy Ford and realized that (a) this was the most beautiful stretch of Section III, (b) this has the best concentration of whitewater on Section III, and (c) the shuttle to Earl' Ford is at least 10 minutes shorter than to Sandy Ford, saving a total of 40 minutes or more of shuttle time. Most of us walked Dick's Creek Ledge, though several followed Lee in a non-standard route. We had the expected number of flips at Second Ledge, but everyone ran all the other named rapids successfully, until Bull Sluice, where half the group walked and we had two swims amongst the other half. For dinner we went to the Asian Buffet in Clayton.

	1. Liz Belknap on Chattooga Section III

	2. Lunchtime on Chattooga Section III

	3. David Bernard on Chattooga Section III

	4. Stretching our legs on Chattooga Section III

	5. Staging to run Bull Sluice on Chattooga Section III

	6. Mick Schlotfeldt running Bull Sluice on Chattooga Section III

	7. David Brnard running Bull Sluice on Chattooga Section III

	8. Jon Hitchings below Bull Sluice on Chattooga Section III