Cape Fear

Myself and a group of first time boaters ran the Lillington-Erwin section, approx 8 miles, the other day. At the red neck camp ground/trailer park (mentioned below) there is some kind of rubber coated ramp (river right) we nick named the redneck slip n slide. We found out its really a great ride in your boat! We spent about an hour at this spot pushing each other off and sliding about 40ft into smooth water. Occasional bumps and stalls over rocks did become a little annoying. We all had a great time though and I would recommend this river for anyone's first time paddle or a family outing. If you want to get right into the rapid section I would recommend putting in at the wilderness access area (noted in a below post) outside Lillington. I was in a 6'6' playboat and did A LOT of flatwater paddling before the whitewater stretches picked up.