The race usually draws 2,000 spectators and 180 racers, who hike three miles on steep, slick trails to reach the narrows. The kayakers navigate rapids that drop 200 feet over the course of the ...

Paddlers will soon return to the whitewater river of western North Carolina for one of the world’s largest extreme kayaking event.

Green Acres Kayak awaits you along the Whitewater River in Harrison. Offering kayak outings of different distances–three miles, five miles, and eight miles–an entire day can be made out of the trip.

Green River in western North Carolina “Those workers have pulled out over 20,000 pounds of trash in the past two months just by walking the river bed and pulling stuff out by hand,” she said. That ...

Alice’s note: This story first appeared in my blog The Bright Lights of Muleshoe on September 13, 2025. I floated down the Green River in Utah in river rafts and rode rapids twice in a kayak and saw ...