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*Pre-registration is required for this event. 

**In compliance with North Carolina Executive Order 147 and current CDC guidelines, Catawba Lands Conservancy and Carolina Thread Trail are taking the following steps and exercising additional precautions to ensure the safety of program participants, volunteers, and staff:

• All programs outdoors
• Limit program capacity to 25 or fewer
• Limit programs to activities that more readily allow for adequate distance (kayaking, biking)
• All staff using masks
• Encouraging all participants to use masks

Borrow a bike from Charlotte B-Cycle or bring your own and join us on an evening bike tour of the Stewart and Irwin Creek greenway and the surrounding Wesley Heights neighborhood. Afterwards, you can enjoy a Carolina Thread Trail Pale Ale (or other beverage of choice) from our friends at Blue Blaze Brewing! This will be a easy, leisurely bike ride on paved roads and greenways, and we will make a couple stops along the way to talk about the history of the area and about the Carolina Thread Trail. The ride will last about an hour and all are welcome to stay after at the brewery.

Check out other happenings and events at Blue Blaze Brewing Co. on their events page.

Details:

• Date and time: Tuesday, July 14th 6:30 – 8 PM
• Parking address: Parking lot across the street from Blue Blaze Brewing MAP
• Find us: Look for the sign-in table on the front porch of Blue Blaze

We Provide:

• A Carolina Thread Trail staff guide
• First aid
• Extra helmets for adults and youth
• Free adult-size B-Cycle bike from Charlotte B-Cycle

Please Bring:

• Your bike (if you have one)
• Your helmet (if you have one)

*To maintain recommended practices for limiting the spread of Covid-19, we are limiting this program to 10 participants and recommending that all who come practice social distancing throughout the program. Hand sanitizer and masks will be available at the sign-in table.

Get your paddle muscles ready! Join Carolina Thread Trail and the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation for a morning guided kayak trip on the Catawba River. This section of blueway, which includes Lake Wylie, is part of the Carolina Thread Trail’s blueway network which currently includes over 170 miles of waterways in North and South Carolina.

Did you know we get our drinking water from the Catawba River? Land conservation and water quality go hand in hand. On the river we will explore the natural surroundings and hear from the Catawba Riverkeepers about their efforts to protect and improve water quality in the Catawba-Wateree River Basin.

***You must be able to swim to participate in this event.

This paddle is offered in partnership with the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation.

Details:

• Course: 3-4 mile paddle across the Catawba River, past Felt’s Island, and up Long Creek
• Time: Saturday July 25, 9:30 – 12 noon
• Parking Address: 1000 Marina Village Dr, Mt Holly, NC 28120 MAP

We provide:

• Catawba Riverkeeper outdoor educator
• Carolina Thread Trail staff guide
• $25 kayak, PFD, and paddle rental
• Safety gear and first aid

Please bring:

• Full water bottle
• Water shoes or old sneakers
• Hat, sunscreen, sunshirt, bug spray
• Clothes you don’t mind getting wet
• Personal medical supplies (Epipen, inhaler, etc.)