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Thursday Paddle - Little Falls @ 3.06' - 17 Se...
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by Gus Anderson
     Was slave labor used to build the C&O?  If so, are they given any credit for it anywhere? If not, they should.   Ed. Almost certainly, along with irishmen and Germans.  But they got to move on.


 Eight people, John Snitzer, Howard Moreland, Paul Mohler, Wayne McDaniel, Lisa Laden, Mike Baummer,  all in river running boats and Gordon Bare and Gus Anderson in race boats. River level was 3.06 and air temp 72. The river was beefy with big, moving waves and few surfable waves except below the Beaver Slide. Everyone ran the left side of Little Falls with no incidents but it was big enough to get your attention. All except Gus, John and Michael returned on the C&O canal with adequate water,  John and Gus paddled down to Fletchers and did a safe shuttle back to Lock 6. Michael did a bicycle shuttle back to Lock 6.  A reminder to anyone doing a car shuttle that the outbound traffic is closed until 10:15 a.m. including Reservoir Rd.
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