If you want to skip the run through town, you can
take out at the bridge just outside of Palenville. The
drops through town are all pool drop and of a very
different character than up above. The first drop,
which comes immediately downstream of the
bridge, is split by an island. The left side is
unrunnable and the right is very junky, but
scouting needs to be done very stealthily; the
landowners on either side of the river do not like
visitors and have numerous "no trespassing" signs
posted. There are 5 or 6 other good drops between
here and the take out.