The River At My Feet

We've been getting more than our fair share of rain this fall prompting the river authority to open up the dam upstream on the Yellow River. The resulting rapids outside the Mill are quite a change from the placid stream of water we're accustomed to seeing pour over the rocks.

Here's a photo of people enjoying the river during quieter times. I wonder if anyone knows the names of these two? I believe the photo comes from the Porterdale Historical Society. That's the Cotton Mill in the background, during its heyday.

High sediment gives the river its name. High waters flood the river banks.

Photos from a kayak trip taken earlier this summer when water levels were navigable without a whole lot of work.

Lunch break at the rope swing.

Here's a great way to get involved with this river, one of Georgia's wonderful waterways