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On
Sunday, June 27th 2004, Diann and I trailer'd our Avon dinghy to
Lake James near Morganton NC. The lake is partially fed by the
Linville River which pours down Linville Gorge at the Blue Ridge
Parkway. With cooler and sandwich fixings, we spent four hours on
the water and covered some 30 miles. Our fuel consumption for the
15hp four stroke mercury was less than 3 gallons!
The photo to the left is of Linville Access near the point at which the Linville River enters the lake. |
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Diann steering toward the Linville River mobile home park |
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Hawks Bill Mountain (I think) |
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One of the "camp sites" |
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Docks at the Linville River area |
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Looking back north you can see one of the few sailboats on the lake |
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At the junction of the Linville River section of the lake and at mimosa landing we saw this, the first of several, ski boats.`` |
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One of the newer houses at Mimosa Landing |
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The entrance to Mimosa Landing- right of the above house |
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House boats further up the Catawba end of the lake |
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Another house boat |
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The private docks and beach |
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The beach |
| Burnett's Landing was as far as we went |  |
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Our dinghy tied up at Burnett's |
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A poontoon beached at Burnett's |
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Another mountain view on the Catawba end of the lake |
| We will go again, when the sun is out and Lake James has Carolina sky VS Alaska haze | |