LAST DAY OF THE TOUR–DAY NUMBER 38 OF BEING ON THE ROAD! MOOSE RIVER, UPSTATE NEW YORK–38 DEGREES AT PUT IN TIME, AND WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT, OUR DRYSUITS ARE IN STORAGE IN SEATTLE. Don Beveridge scouting the right line–great clouds behind him. Don running the right entrance to middle line. Darcy running the left […]
ON THE 2ND TO LAST DAY OF OUR TOUR, WE HIT A RELEASE ON THE BLACK RIVER IN WATERTOWN, NY. Don is practicing his bow stall skills in front of a lovely waterfall. Dams were a regular sight for us on this tour. While they aren’t overly aesthetically pleasing, we did depend on them (especially […]
Week 4 of the East Coast Tour: October 6th and 7th we spent at the Russell Fork river on the border of Virginia and Kentucky.Darcy on “El Horrendo.” Most of the time, we were too scared of undercuts to stop and get our cameras out–that’s why most of the photos are from El Horrendo:) Stritty […]
Week 3.5 of the Tour. We are more than half way done now, but still have lots of releases to hit…we’ll be busy in our last week and half! Oh, we love the van, such a good shuttle vehicle–8 kayaks, no problem! (there is another Nomad hiding behind Don). After riding the Charlotte conveyor belt […]
What is there to say…?You go kayaking, then ride a conveyor-belt back to the top.We’ll never need our leg muscles again! But I must say, I do look pretty sharp in that jersey riding back to the top.Don found out pretty quickly that it was a wee bit too shallow for his conveyor-belt exit loop. […]
Days number 19, 20, 21, and 22 of the tour– After getting ourselves some culture in Washington D.C., we decided to head back to the Upper Yough and Gauley for a different kind of culture… I decided to hand paddle the Upper Yough. It worked out well, but I think I need to work on […]
Well, it just wouldn’t be a good American vacation without a stop off at Washington D.C. We visited the Smithsonian–which was wonderful except for the fact that we just happened to be there during elementary school field trip rush hour. But, even I am taller than most first graders, so I could look over their […]
