Tour de Yadkin

The Tour this year, like previous years, started at a frantic pace. We got a late start, I had to load a trailer of kayaks and all my camping gear in the rain, we could not find the key to the trailer lock and Tara (YRK Office Manager) locked her keys in her house. None the less, we arrived to find 17 paddlers who showed up to paddle in the rain for a chilly Tour de Yadkin kick off.  As soon as we got on the water, the rain held off, time slowed down and It turned out to be a great day for a paddle.

141.2 Miles Down, Only 44 Miles To Go!

The Salisbury Post

Post staffers Mark Wineka and Paris Goodnight joined Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks, his wife, Kathy, and four others on a leg Tuesday of Naujoks’ monthlong journey down the river — the second Tour de Yadkin.

ON THE YADKIN RIVER — This is a stretch of Yadkin River few paddlers take advantage of — and it’s their loss.

Ninety miles down, ninety five to go!

If you have not yet come out for Tour de Yadkin but have wanted to, you best do it before the tour is over.  Last year, many people toldl me they intended to come out but didn't free up their schedule. Don’t live with regret—join Tour de Yadkin.

Here's the first of Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks' weekly journals chronicling Tour de Yadkin 2011. To get a vivid look at how the river journey had progressed so far, be sure to visit our Facebook page and website to see videos by YRK staff and striking still images by photographer Christine Rucker.

Tour de Yadkin 2011 has launched!