4 River Canoe Float

On Sunday, Pete, Kristin, Dan, Mike and I took off for a 12 mile journey down the North River and were able to paddle up 3 other rivers along the way (Middle River, South River and the South Fork of the Shenandoah River). My shoulders were tired after this weekend!

Small drop

Cute waterfall

Me cheesing it up while Pete gets the water out of his ear

Turtle for my mom

Middle River connecting into the North River

We found the mountains again!

Hello Gentlemen


South River flowing into the North River - creates the South Fork of the Shenandoah River

And I thought my Subaru did well - 4 boats!



Headed to Virginia Beach with Maggie this weekend and then a 4th of July float! Stay tuned for more pics!

Learning the Basics of Whitewater Kayaking

Pete took me out on the Rivanna River Saturday to do some basic skills. Here's a video to sum up my skills for the day.

Glade Creek Hike and Lower Gauley River Whitewater Duckie

Pete and I went to West Virginia this past weekend for tent camping with a great 11 mile hike paralleling Glade Creek and a duckie trip down the Lower Gauley River with Class I-V rapids. The river was flowing at 300 CFS at first and was pumped up to 650 CFS by the end of our day. Needless to say, I fell out a few times and loved every second. Next challenge - keep learning how to whitewater kayak so I can dominate some rapids strapped into a boat!

Day 1 - Glade River Hike with superb swimming hole
Little buddy

Bridge on the trail

Kates Falls - not doing so well


View of our swimming hole from above


The most amazing swimming hole and jump rock ever!




Bridge over New River Gorge - my next whitewater rafting river (if I don't do Upper and Lower Gauley Fall Whitewater first!)



Day 2 Lower Gauley River Duckies
Stephanie Falls - not really, I just don't know the name so this works


I have to go down what? In a what? Here goes nothing!

Yee Haw! I love jump rocks!

Pete under the waterfall

Canyon Doors

Surfing in the rapids

Still surfing - check out those muscles

Look ma, no paddle!

Fell out again - just trying out my free riding rapid skills :)

Back in the boat

I made it!

Via Ferrata Take 2

Dad and Maggie came down to visit the weekend of June 11th to do the Via Ferrata and a canoe trip down the Shenandoah River organized by Pete. We were chased off the mountain by a thunderstorm on Saturday and just got off the river in time on Sunday to not get electrocuted. Here are some Via Ferrata pics. I'll spare you the river pics since my last post was full of them.








Lifeline

The looming thunderstorm that kicked us off the mountain

New Development

So I've been extremely delinquent in my blog postings recently. I guess this happens when you find a boyfriend. His name is Pete and he's quite amazing, but this is not a blog dedicated to him so I will move on. We have been taking some phenomenal trips so here is a small snapshot of each of the adventures thus far. More to come? Most likely!

I forget the mileage of most of these hikes but we tend to do between 8 to 12 miles each hike.

Rose River Loop and Dark Hollow Falls Hike





Hawksbill Summit Sunset Hike







Slate River Kayaking




Doyles River and Jones Run Hike






Maury River Canoeing

Remnants of an old dam


Pete guiding everyone through the rapids

Lock from an old dam


Lewis Falls Hike with Big Meadows Sunset