Rapidan & Rappahannock trip 2 Feb

[Machias]

Awesome day on the rivers. Started off pretty dang chilly, right around 18 degrees. The Rapidan was right around 3.27, pretty colored water. The sun wanted to peek through a couple of times but never really made it. I took off on my cataraft about 45 minutes before the rest of the group. They caught me up and zipped on past me a little before they pulled out for lunch. Hung out with some very nice guys for lunch. A huge thank you to Scott for putting this together. I caught some fairly stiff head winds the last half of the trip, not horrible, but I was catching a fair amount of wind. Made the whole 16 miles in 5 hours and 20 minutes with about a 30 min stop for lunch. Sorry I was not able to make the pot luck, but the wife had a mishap with most of the pot of chili ending up in the passenger side floorboard and minor damage to the back of the Jeep where she was rear ended.

I hope you guys had a great day today on the water, must have looked awesome with the big snowflakes!!



Launch was a bit muddy













Lunch















Sorry this one was not in focus

[Nifter]

Sorry you couldn't make the pot-luck Fred, you were missed. Hope the wife is OK.

[ScottMcD]

I learned a valuable lesson on the second day. 17' prospectors don't seal launch well. There's a picture somewhere, but I can't pull it up on the iPad. Had a great time overall!

Scott

[Machias]

You mean this one?

[ScottMcD]

That's it!

[Machias]

How did the wetsuit work? That was probably still better than stepping in 8 inches of mud!