John,
Are you still planning to do the Sunday float? I’m trying to figure out a good option to get my wife out on moving water before the clinic. She has done many canoe floats over the years, but has only been in the pool in her kayak.
I paddled Big Creek one time about 4 or 5 years ago and caught it at a pretty high level. It was a fun ride. Currently AWA shows it at “lower runnable.”