April Ingle pulls up to a gravel bar below one of the Flint's shoals on Day 3.

Sandbars begin to appear as the Piedmont gives way to the Coastal Plain.

Day 3
Po Biddy Polka

Legend has it that our launch site for the day (Po Biddy Road) received its name when a hen was trampled by a horse along this historic thoroughfare, prompting one bystander to exclaim, “That’s the end of that po’ biddy.” If the Flint’s shoals haven’t left you crying, “foul…or fowl,” there’s more in store on this 14 mile journey from Bo Biddy to the U.S. 80 Bridge.

Playful Class I shoals continue through the first seven miles before giving way to long stretches of flat water and picturesque sandbars. Tobler and Swift creeks meet the Flint here, providing potential up-the-creek excursions; fish camps and occasional homes line the riverfront  and more islands split the river into braided channels, offering multiple paddling routes.

Almost imperceptibly, the Flint is making its slow transition from rocky Piedmont river to a Coastal Plain wanderer. One last gasp of shoals on Day 4, and the winding, wandering ways of the Coastal Plain Flint will commence

The Flint's rapids downstream of Yellow Jacket Shoals are usually associated with island complexes. Here, April Ingle cuts through one of those shoals.