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Day 4
Auchumpkee Cha Cha
Upstream on Upson County’s Auchumpkee Creek sits one of Georgia’s remaining covered bridges, but from our vantage point on the Flint, we’ll see only the mouth of this primary tributary during an 11-mile run that features the last of the Flint’s shoals.
From the U.S. 80 bridge the Flint flows east, alternating between long straight-aways and looping curves. A pair of rapids associated with the section’s only island complexes spice up the paddle before the final descent to the coastal plain just downstream from Auchumpkee’s confluence with the Flint.
While the rapids are gone, the river still flows through the high coastal plain where ridges line much of the river with precipitous bluffs, some with homes perched precariously atop the river’s eroding banks. Sandbars provide soft rest and relaxation spots and at least one deep hole and rock outcropping makes for an ideal swimming spot.
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