I have to thank everyone for helping me in the last swim. I was reminded of a lot of important things in this one short paddle -and will be working on them, including renewing your swiftwater rescue class every couple years (I didn't have the rope on the right shoulder or something).We also need to thank Tom for his thoughtfulness in stopping at the elderly landowner's house (at the takeout) afterwards to thank him - he connected with both the owner and the next generation - both very important if we want to keep this stretch of the river available. It only took a few minutes, but was so important!
Thanks also to everyone for a great cookout the night before - thanks to Dave Kessmann for coordinating the weekend & finding the campground and Jon Dzielek for the great burgers, etc, and all the others who pitched in to help.
We paddled the Casselman on Saturday, while rivers paddled by others during the weekend included the Dry Fork of the Cheat, the Upper Big Sandy, the Cheat and the Cheat Narrows in addition to some Class IV/V rivers.
