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Please don't laugh....but I'm obsessed (I believe that's the word my family used!) with finding a river that I saw on an HGTV House Hunters show. I recently relocated here from Oregon and love that I don't really have to spend 24 hours a day indoors due to the wet and cold!
Not long after moving here, I happened to watch a House Hunters show about a Raleigh woman looking for a new house - and at the very beginning of the program it flashed quickly through different pictures of the Raleigh area including a picture of the woman and her daughter jogging on a paved trail through the trees and ending up at a swiftly moving river that didn't appear to be muddy/murky and actually showed whitewater.
Can anyone help put me out of my misery and give me some ideas as to where they think this might have been filmed? I have obtained several maps, including a map showing the greenway trails, and have yet to find what I remember seeing on the show. My family all think I've totally "lost it" this time, as I even emailed HGTV to see if they could help me out! I didn't receive a reply, so I'm guessing they might have had better and more urgent things to do (imagine that!!). Any thoughts?
If you figure it out please let me know. We moved from Portland 4 years ago and I still miss the Columbia River Gorge and clear rivers. The Yadkin to the west of us is picturesque hiking. The Haw is also picturesque, but our family just has not been able to adjust to putting our toes in the murky water of the rivers around here. However, the beach trips do help to make up for it.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of "adjustment" is required in order to put one's toes into a murky river as opposed to a clearer one?
The "adjustment" that is required in order to put one's toes into murky water such as a river here in central or eastern NC, as compared to the Columbia River in Oregon, is an adjustment that only those who have had the opportunity to experience both options can understand.
Seeing the Columbia River from Hood River, OR, to Portland, and driving along the highway which runs right beside the river is so spectacular that I would think anyone who sees it would be so impressed as to never forget the scene.
If a person had a choice of either the Columbia River or a murky central NC river to dip one's toes in, I don't think it would be a difficult decision.
The rivers and lakes here just ..... well, they're not very pretty because of the murky water. It's just natural for the area.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of "adjustment" is required in order to put one's toes into a murky river as opposed to a clearer one?
The "adjustment" required is getting over either minor or major willies (depending on the person) on what might be in the water past your ankles since you can't see in any body of water I am aware of down here except the quarry scuba park in rolesville.
As a kid in upstate NY we had a summer cottage on a small lake, and you could easily see 20 ft down. This had a bit of a negative effect on me in the regard that there were sunken trees in the lake. huge hulking things lying on the bottom that as a 6 year old used to give me the heebie jeebies when I was swimming. (think boogeyman....sue me) It's ok....I'm laughing WITH you
So moving down here and experincing murky water for the first time didn't help me relax much knowing the same trees and logs are on the bottom here as well. I still swim when we take our boat to falls, but in the back of my mind I still have to squelch that little fear that the tree monsters are under there somewhere....
so yeah, it is an adjustment for some of us
Also, since my sister still lives upstate and has her own personal trout stream running through the back 8 acres I am a bit jealous since there is a real lack of running white water around here in raleigh...save 4 hours+ to the mountains....
So, this was the best I could do. I filled in my garden pond, dug another this time with a 20 ft stream.... Its still a work in progress, need to add the plants and put my fish back in the newer big pond.
This is the most recent pic I have btw, the rocks are now all in place covering all the liner
Last edited by 68scout; 10-29-2011 at 10:35 AM..
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The "adjustment" that is required in order to put one's toes into murky water such as a river here in central or eastern NC, as compared to the Columbia River in Oregon, is an adjustment that only those who have had the opportunity to experience both options can understand.
If a person had a choice of either the Columbia River or a murky central NC river to dip one's toes in, I don't think it would be a difficult decision.
The rivers and lakes here just ..... well, they're not very pretty because of the murky water. It's just natural for the area.
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Originally Posted by 68scout
The "adjustment" required is getting over either minor or major willies (depending on the person) on what might be in the water past your ankles since you can't see in any body of water I am aware of down here except the quarry scuba park in rolesville.
As a kid in upstate NY we had a summer cottage on a small lake, and you could easily see 20 ft down. This had a bit of a negative effect on me in the regard that there were sunken trees in the lake. huge hulking things lying on the bottom that as a 6 year old used to give me the heebie jeebies when I was swimming. (think boogeyman....sue me) It's ok....I'm laughing WITH you
So moving down here and experincing murky water for the first time didn't help me relax much knowing the same trees and logs are on the bottom here as well. I still swim when we take our boat to falls, but in the back of my mind I still have to squelch that little fear that the tree monsters are under there somewhere....
so yeah, it is an adjustment for some of us
Hmmmmm... Sounds like more of a preference than an actual necessary adjustment. But I guess that preference has made you guys have to adjust your mental approaches towards getting into water that you prefer less than other water that looks different elsewhere. So maybe that's what PDXmom was referring to. Interesting.
Just following up on 'goin2carolina's suggestion, I found the House Hunters episode that I'm referring to if anyone has the time to look at to see if it looks familiar. I just went to hgtv.com and typed Raleigh in the search field at the top and then scrolled down to "Seeking a More Manageable Size".
During the first minute or two of the program it shows 'Donna' and her daughter jogging down to the river I'm trying to find.
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Any thoughts?
