Tenesse paddling event in March?

gumpy · Post by **gumpy** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:44 pm

how'd you get fat tire in alabama? haven't had any since i lived out there, and they won't ship it to me or my brother's bar. got any sunshine wheat?

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:56 pm

Usae to seein him????? When and where, maybe some racin between sticks.

Fat Tire is sold everywhere down here now of days, I wasn't that impressed.

cmnypny · Post by **cmnypny** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:21 pm

telemarkfreak wrote:I am from Quebec Canada, I might come down wih a couple of friends. Is it just creeking or do you have bigger rivers? I watched a couple of videos of the creeks and it looked really difficult. I run class 3 to 4, would it be fun for us?

There are lots of Quebexicans that make the journey.

Martin Talbot from Montreal plus others.

Just come down and paddle ... there is something for everyone.

Signed,

Fellow Canuck from the Frozen Wasteland

telemarkfreak · Post by **telemarkfreak** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:34 pm

how long is the festival?
are there any good souls to guide us around? for the rapids and the shuttles?
Where is the central campground?
ALF sounds definetaly fun, and we quebecers like beer too!

mr ray · Post by **mr ray** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:42 pm

gumpy wrote:how'd you get fat tire in alabama? haven't had any since i lived out there, and they won't ship it to me or my brother's bar. got any sunshine wheat?

Alabama just recently freed the hops: http://freethehops.org/

We're so progressive...

cmnypny · Post by **cmnypny** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:08 pm

telemarkfreak wrote:how long is the festival?
are there any good souls to guide us around? for the rapids and the shuttles?
Where is the central campground?
ALF sounds definetaly fun, and we quebecers like beer too!

Campground TDB

But in a nutshell here is how the festival works for the 9 days it happens:

It's like a pickup hockey game
We meet at a central point (normally a restaurant)
The locals say whats running
People divide into groups and head off to have fun.
Thats it!

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:32 am

Pick up Hockey game?????????????????you play hockey with pick ups, I bet the body shop around town like that.

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:10 am

ALF is now a "Festival"?

cmnypny · Post by **cmnypny** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:26 am

cheajack wrote:ALF is now a "Festival"?

duh ... ALF ... A'int Louie Fest ... meaning its not Louie's Festival

does not mean that it wasn't a Festival to begin with :O

ncdavid · Post by **ncdavid** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:31 pm

Then LAF would be Louie's Ain't Festival?
Never been. Looking forward to it.

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:40 pm

So a pick up hockey game is a festival, too? You kanucks need to get out more. The lack of sunshine is holding you back.

TonyB · Post by **TonyB** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:48 pm

cmnypny wrote:
cheajack wrote:ALF is now a "Festival"?
duh ... ALF ... A'int Louie Fest ... meaning its not Louie's Festival

does not mean that it wasn't a Festival to begin with :O

Id watch calling it a Festival, people might show up expecting vedors and free stuff given out by sponsers. games and rides. Thats what I think of as a Festival.
A Fest is just an exuberant amount of something, like awesome whitwater and single stick players, rockin a good time.

I came down wanting to get a taste of class III-IV creeks and was fed it till I was full. There was also appitizers of class II-III with the chef pushin IV from the kitchen.

I heard there was a seniors menu for those just lookin for pretty rivers and a good time without having to worry over about nasty swims, drops or undercuts.

RodeoClown · Post by **RodeoClown** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:06 pm

mr ray wrote:
Alabama just recently freed the hops: http://freethehops.org/

We're so progressive...

and I thought PA had stupid beer laws. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22958512/
At least the beer stores carry good beer.

philcanoe · Post by **philcanoe** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:18 pm

at least we can buy a single beer at the gas station.... provided it 's not a dry County... you need to be careful of that in lots of paddling areas - all through the south

not sure anymore but over on the French Broad in NC, there were places you use to be able to purchase whiskey (state law-legal state wide) and not be able to get a beer (county-by-county law)

agrestal · Post by **agrestal** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:40 pm

ncdavid wrote:Never been. Looking forward to it.

Do you even remember what a canoe looks like...?