Today was an early start, we had 12 miles on the river to get to Front Royal. All the cloudy weather had cleared up and it was a sunny, blue sky day. We were there by noon and got a ride into town from a local couple that happened to be at the boat ramp... Continue Reading →

It was still raining when we woke up this morning so nobody rolled out of bed till 9am. Even though the rain tapered off, the weather report was calling for thunderstorms by 2pm, so we continued to sit around. And we were so bored. At 3pm, under sunny skies and with an updated weather report... Continue Reading →

Today was a wash. It rained down a cold continuous rain that made everyone grump so we paddled off to some random spot and set up camp for the night by 2pm. Tomorrow has rain in the forecast as well, with the addition of thunderstorms. I don't know if we'll try for any miles or... Continue Reading →

We stayed in a Quality Inn last night, and the place lived up to the ongoing theme of cheap hotels with bathtubs that won't drain. This is probably the 5th shower where I've had to stand in the previous persons dirty water. The bed was comfortable but is it too much to ask for the... Continue Reading →

The campsite last night wasn't great, sand got everywhere and there were a ton of ticks around. I still slept well with the sound of the dam for background noise. We had to replace one of the patches on the leaky boat, but I'm impressed how well these boats have held up overall. We stopped... Continue Reading →

Another day on the boat. More sun. More slow moving water. We got distracted from floating by a rope swing, cliff jumping, and swimming holes. Life's no fun if you pass up the fun stuff just to get more miles in a day. I might've broken a finger or two on the rope swing. I... Continue Reading →

I slept really well last night except for the 3 trains that rolled by 50 ft from our camp. Still, the alarm went off at 5:30 AM and we all ignored it - we weren't on the water until after 8:00 AM today. The second patch job seemed to hold and the boat did well... Continue Reading →

Today was an early morning, we were back on the river before 6am. We finished the South River today and got onto the South Fork fo the Shenandoah river - which I believe we'll be on all the way to Front Royal. Along the way El Dorado, Cricket, and Rick Flair ended up with two... Continue Reading →

Finally, the day to begin rafting has arrived. We collected the boats and headed towards the river. Caboose and I took over setting up the boats while everyone else went over to the store for supplies. We were on the river at last around noon. The miles were easy and relaxing, but we didn't make... Continue Reading →

After ducking out of the church before services started I found everyone holed up in a motel. Our rafts are waiting for us a the post office, unfortunately it's Sunday so we'll have to wait for tomorrow to pick them up and get on the river. We spent the day watching a Jurassic Park Marathon... Continue Reading →