Coastals

I sadly decided I should not do this trip tomorrow. I'm really sensitive to heat and am concerned about overheating in a wetsuit but unsafe in the cold water without one. (It didn't help that I really struggled to try on my wetsuit yesterday after a few years of it being stored with my gear - I'm su...

I've just gotten a call from a good friend who was a streams and rivers monitor for DEQ before he retired. He'd like to join me just for the ride and to see the effects of the pulse on the river levels, so I'll definitely be driving from Charlottesville and we'll have an extra driver to help with se...

I should have mentioned that I would be glad to drive or share a ride from the Charlottesville area if anyone else is going from here or somewhere enroute from here. I have a Honda CR-V with a roof rack and will be bringing my IK (deflated) and gear. Not sure my Coastals forum profile has up-to-date...

I plan to be there. It's been far too long since I've been on moving water in Virginia and I'm sick of being stuck inside because of the heat! I probably will not run the rapid just below the dam this trip.

I'm not going to make it. Our younger son is in town for the UVa game (which is NOT going well) and will be staying overnight with us. And we have the belated birthday celebration for our older son in Richmond tomorrow evening. So, my day got squeezed. Have fun and be safe. The high water may have a...

I add my thanks to Barb Franko, Andy Lee, and others for maintaining Virginia Paddlers as an informal Yahoo group all these years. I've enjoyed many Coastals events over the years but really found my best paddling friends through Virginia Paddlers. Now that Yahoo Groups is ending and Virginia Paddle...

I resolved to get back on the rivers more this year. This trip will be my first effort to keep that resolution. I'm looking forward to it! I will drop off my gear at the Hardware WMA put-in, then meet the group at New Canton by 10:30 a.m. If anyone wants to carpool from Cville, please let me know. R...

Unless the Moormans comes back up overnight, I'm thinking now it won't hold for a run tomorrow. It's at about the minimum and not dropping fast but still dropping some. I will check it again early in the morning and make a call, but I expect to join Daryl on the South River tomorrow. Please call me ...

I'm still thinking about Rockbridge Baths - if it's got water, I'd like to do it. I'll make the final call tomorrow evening (8 at the latest). If we don't do this, we'll do Balcony Falls. Probably meet at either of these places around 10:30. AW says that the minimum for this section is 1.9 (and it'...

Randy Bell from Charlottesville called me early this afternoon and said he'd like to stay with us, so we can't accommodate anyone else. Sorry.

[Jer, I didn't get a private message and Randy already had spoken for the remaining space in the cabin, anyway. Again, sorry.--Ron]

Ronnie Tucker and I have space for another guy to stay with us in the cabin JJ reserved, since he's not able to come. We're staying at River Retreat, across the road from Ray's. Cost would be about $18/night (1/3 the cabin fee + $6 camp fee.) Sorry for the late notice. Call me on my mobile (below) i...

You might want to join Chris Straker on the Moormans this afternoon. I'm hoping his estimate of river level is a little low for this afternoon because I can't get out until tomorrow morning and sure hope it will hold until then. Chris is a great guy (I knew him when he was in Scouts) and knows the M...

So, I take it that means you're no longer interested in doing the Maury from Rockbridge Baths to Copper Road, right?

Ron Wiley, Jr.
Charlottesville

Eileen and I decided it was too late this afternoon to gather up gear and get on Moormans River in time to be safely done before dark. Assuming it still is above 4.5' (5.0' if falling) on the USGS gauge near Free Union (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/va/nwis/uv/site_no=02032250&PARAmeter_cd=00065,000...

Martha, I'd like to join your trip, too. I'd very much like to get a ride with someone from Charlottesville and contribute for gas, but I'll be there in any case. We have just our Honda Fit this weekend (our son's college mock trial team is using the Pilot) so I can't carry anyone else's boat or gea...