On October 24, we launched from Dixon Field and paddled upstream towards Maysville. If you’re going to paddle the White Oak River for the scenery, I highly recommend launching from Dixon Field. There are some ancient cypress trees downstream from Dixon and upstream the river gets narrower and has a pretty stout current. There is something that resembles rapids upstream from the quarry lakes, but if you’re going that far, I’d recommend launching from the campground that is just off HW 17 at the river and leaving a shuttle at Dixon Field for the return trip.
We just paddled lazily as far as we could before we had to turn around because the sun was setting. We stopped and swam in the river for a while. The water was cool, but it felt good. We also stopped for a snack and I made coffee. That was probably a mistake, because I had a really difficult time getting to sleep that night.
