I wanted to post a quick message and thank you folks for letting me camp with you over this past weekend. While I didn't meet everyone, I met and paddled with a bunch of great folks.
To keep with the spirit of the Trip Report forum, here is the report of my first ever Gauley Fest trip:
"Gauley Fest 2012 by the Numbers"
Hours driveway to driveway : 63
Days Paddling : 3
Hours shuttling : 5-6
Hours sitting in parking lots : >6
Miles Paddled : ~33
Lower Gauley Friday : many rolls, 1 swim
New River Gorge Saturday : Dry hair day!
Lower Gauley Sunday : 2 rolls
Raffle Tickets at Gauley Fest : 13
AT Flexi Paddles won : 1 (Woohoo!)
Great folks paddled with : Many!
Thanks again and I look forward to paddling with you all in the future.
Shawn Hinchy
Gauley Fest 2012
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A huge thanks to me being so awesome! 
And to KessmanN and all of the others that helped make the weekend great!
And to KessmanN and all of the others that helped make the weekend great!
Envelope – Free stationary taken from the Marriott while on a business trip.
Snowflake address label – sent to me free and had to be used up.
Stained glass stamp – It was more then three feet away from me when I decided to get them so you know I didn’t see them clearly
Butterfly and Sunflower stickers on the back – Also free and required because the glue on the envelope was so old it no longer stuck.
--KessmanN
www.cornyouthalliance.org
Snowflake address label – sent to me free and had to be used up.
Stained glass stamp – It was more then three feet away from me when I decided to get them so you know I didn’t see them clearly
Butterfly and Sunflower stickers on the back – Also free and required because the glue on the envelope was so old it no longer stuck.
--KessmanN
www.cornyouthalliance.org
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paddle_luke
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big thanks as well to all that made the trip such a great one, in particular to Dave K once again for all the logistics involved with keeping the chaos moving both towards and down stream; hazmat, tom, and Mango for going the extra distance to help annie get on the water, and everyone who took Harley in hand while she was on walk-about's exploring West By God Virginia. Happy to say all three of us were big smiles all the way home. 
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stephanieb
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Thanks Ken!
Max is happy that you got his good side.
I was hoping that you didn't get me almost falling out of the OR at the bottom hole.....
Max is happy that you got his good side.
I was hoping that you didn't get me almost falling out of the OR at the bottom hole.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming....WOW What a ride! . . . . . Trying to live up to this, Priceless. As long as you have good insurance!
I'm thinking Max doesn't have a bad side. One handsome dude.Mango wrote:Thanks Ken!
Max is happy that you got his good side.
I was hoping that you didn't get me almost falling out of the OR at the bottom hole.....
I'm also thinking that almost falling out is kinda like leaning on a good brace to avoid a flip!
Cheers,
Ken
Hey! I ended the rapid upright, in the raft, and in a seated position with both of my oars attached to the shredder. It just wasn't a pretty run at all. I found out that the oars can be pretty dangerous weapons, if they want to be! A few bruises, a couple of wrenched muscles, and a bruised ego.bambam wrote:Methinks now that you brought it out you have a little story to tell?AndreaJ wrote:I'm just glad that you didn't have your camera out at Middle Keeney!
Ken
No permanent damage.
AJ