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| May, 2007 Rita and I met up with our good friends Angie and Kurt for some white water rafting on the New River. Before being designated as a national park, New River Gorge National River was a logging area. Over the years it has reverted back to its original natural state and is one of the most beautiful areas in West Virginia. Click on any picture to enlarge (best viewed in 1024 x 768): Weather was perfect, the tents were pitched and it Angie and Kurt Kurt has the right idea! was time to kick back and start enjoying this at the top of the gorge vacation! The next morning our My beautiful wife is Ed pretends to look like Our first stop was a rock Angie launches into a rafting adventure excited to get started he knows what he is doing where everyone could perfect flip. Some people began! jump in and cool off. are such show offs! Rita takes the leap! Kurt steps of the edge! Bring on some rapids! Left side: Angie, Ed Now this is what it's all about! Our raft guide was Andy Rita, Kurt. That's not who safely lead us down the river. We really took a liking a peace sign ... Kurt is to Andy ... a great guide who knows the river and its history. predicting how many He is a genuinely good person with an interesting perspective times Angie will fall on life. If you raft the gorge, book through ACE and ask for out of the raft! Andy. Your guide makes all the difference. Things happen quickly on the river. One moment Kurt was in the raft, the next moment he was gone. I turned around and Angie was gone too. The video managed to capture Angie's "departure". Here's a few frames of Angie taking the plunge and then bobbing back to the surface where she was picked up by another raft. Angie earned to right to say, "I survived the New River" after this one! Did she take more than one spill that day? Well, you'll have to ask Kurt for that answer! After the river, it was back to Ace Adventure Center. ACE offers My gorgeous wife and I hike to an overlook. That's a lot of activities beyond camping and rafting. Kurt and Angie the New River we rafted on at the bottom of the demonstrate their trampoline skills on the lake. I think the four of gorge. The scenery in this part of West Virginia us get along great because we never really grew up to be adults! is absolutely beautiful. Those rapids look We passed this old house I'm guessing this old New River George Bridge Too many steps! deceptively small from on the road. I thought it truck hasn't moved in up here. would make the perfect a very long time haunted house Angie and Kurt watch rafters approach the rapids Rita! We couldn't have picked Back to camp to rest up a more scenic river to before the trip home raft on A great trip Kurt and Angie! We look forward to another adventure with you both. |
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