I had the pleasure of participating in the first leg of this year’s Spring Splash along the Neuse River. I wish I could have done the entire 12-mile trip, but unfortunately I have three editions of The Free Press to map out on Friday afternoons, so it’s rare for me to have any kind of fun that day, let alone take the whole day to kayak down the river.
Anyhoo, here’s a couple of pictures from the event. Be sure to check out Saturday’s Free Press for more photos, and I’ll be also posting some video on The Free Press Web site later on.

Here’s Larry Baldwin (center), the lower Neuse riverkeeper, giving some instructions and talking about the importance of cleaning up the river before the group shoved off:

Paddlers make their way under the King Street bridge:

This paddler obviously planned to do more than simply canoe down the river:

Reporter Katie Marshall got in on the action as well:

Stopping before the Queen Street bridge for lunch: