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Lake James State Park

Nebo, NC

Join local FD community member, Nate for an Asheville kayaking meetup at Lake James State Park!

Sunday August 25th 11am-2pm

Address: 7321 NC Hwy 126 Nebo, NC 28761
The put-in location will be the swimming beach near the Paddy’s Creek area. The coordinates are: 35.750599, -81.878678

REI is generously providing the equipment for this meetup free of charge to the FD community. The options are as follows:
– 2 tandem sit on top hard kayaks (Wilderness Systems Tarpon 135T)
– 4 inflatable kayaks (1-2p)
– 4 single kayaks (sit-in Wilderness Systems Tsunami 140 or 145)
– 4 stand up paddleboards (hard & inflatable)
– 1 Wenonah Aurora canoe

(*as a note, REI only permits dogs & fishing poles on hard boats, not inflatables*)

Please request which watercraft you’d like to use for the day to reserve it!

Afterwards, the group is planning on visiting a local farm nearby: Fonta Flora’ whippoorwill Farm

Whether it’s your first time joining or you’ve been to a bunch of FD meetups – it’ll be a fun day hanging out with local FD community members in the area.

Feel free to invite along friends/family as anyone is welcome to attend Community Adventures!

To RSVP for the Asheville kayaking meetup please click the button at the top of the page!

 

All attendees are hereby notified of the Community Adventure disclaimer. Community Adventures are a simple way to gather your First Descents family and out live it together, but that’s not all First Descents offers. In addition to awesome meetups, we provide life-changing, healing adventures for young adults dealing with cancer, MS and other serious health issues. To learn more about our mission and our lifestyle programming — including mindfulness and nutrition, please visit our website.

 

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