SEPTEMBER 22ND-24TH–GAULEY FESTIVAL We arrived to the fairgrounds in Summersville, WV around 9:30pm on Friday night and already found a very happening campground. Kayakers abounded, and the fairgounds were already so full that we had to settle for a parking spot out by the ballfield for the night. Saturday was the official day of the […]
SEPTEMBER 21stUPPER YOUGH.Okay, Okay, so I know we were there on an abnormally crowded day since everyone was stopping here on their way to the Gauley, but holy cow, I’ve never seen so many whitewater enthusiasts in once place! There were rafters, canoers, and kayakers everywhere. It was great to see so much energy out […]
SEPTEMBER 17TH–HOLE BROTHERS After the realeases on the Beaver, we decided that we hadn’t quite had enough of Lachine and needed to go back to French Canadian land. But, before heading back north we needed a day of catching up on the internet, doing laundry, renting a storage unit for our extra minivan seats–basically, we […]
BEAVER RIVER—EAGLE SECTION This release happened in the second half of the day. The Eagle section is even steeper and shorter than the Taylorville Section. This stretch, rated Class V, consists of 5 drops (if you include the somewhat silly put-in “slide” down the dam). The 3 middle drops are fairly tall slide-type drops, and […]
BEAVER RIVER—TAYLORVILLE SECTION On Sunday, September 16th, there were 2 different releases on the Beaver River. The morning’s release was on the section they call Taylorville. This is a class III/IV section according to American Whitewater. It’s a very creeky run, with a number of fun lines to run. Watch out for a deceptively sticky […]
Raquette River: September 15th, 2007 After surfing on the Ottawa, we headed south to catch a release on the Raquette River. Those big, roomy creek boats were a treat after cramming ourselves into play boats the last few days. The Raquette River is quite a cool run right in the town of Colton, NY. Unfortunately, […]
Our next stop was the Ottawa River. We had a low flow of –2.5, but still managed to wear ourselves out after 7 hours of playboating at Baby Face in McKoy’s Rapid, and then Garborater and Push Button in Lorne Rapid. The Ottawa is a huge and warm river with amazing play features. Even at […]
September 12th, 2007 After 2 months of NOT kayaking, then 2 days at Lachine, we decided we needed to rest our weary playboating muscles, so we headed to the waterfall section of the Rouge River. This run is in Quebec, but just north of the Ontario boarder. Here is a nice sunrise shot of our […]
Oh Canada! After spending the last two years in graduate school in British Columbia, I knew that I loved western Canada, and over the past week, eastern Canada has proved to have its share of great kayaking as well. Small World Adventure’s of the east officially began last Tuesday morning when we launched our kayaks […]
