Our trip down the Catawba was washed out with high water and the spider lilies were nowhere to be found. So, backup plan was to paddle on Mountain Island Lake from the North Canoe Launch. We headed north for a nice paddle against a steady and fairly strong current.
Total paddle was 7.13 miles.. Helpdesk had a top speed of just over 6 miles per hour (I'm sure that was on the way back with the currents help)