OCT for Goshen clean-up, cook-out & paddle 3/28

Alicia · Post by **Alicia** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:31 pm

Please mark your calendars for this annual fun & good-karma event!

We will meet @ the Rockbridge Baths P.O. on Rt. 39 on Sat, 3/28, @ 10am. Please do NOT park in front of or adjacent to the P.O. I'll have orange vests & trash bags. Then we'll drive upstream, stagger our parking, & pick up all the trash we can alongside Rt. 39 & down towards the river where possible. Please bring gloves. I also recommend long pants & long sleeves due to poison ivy. About noon, we'll head back to my house in RB for a cookout, courtesy of the Coastals' Recognition program.

In past years, we've been fortunate to have enough water to then run 1 or 2 sections of the Maury - the Pass [Advanced], Indian Pools down [intermediate] &/or below the P.O. [low intermediate]. Hoping for water again this year. If not, Balcony Falls is always available as a back-up (35 minute drive from RB).

To help with my shopping list for the cookout, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY THURSDAY, 3/26, IF YOU ARE COMING. However, if you decide to come @ the last minute, you'll still be quite welcome, but I won't be able to promise you a big lunch.

Thanks in advance for helping with this worthwhile event - last year we had 26 volunteers & collected 32 bags of trash. While I hope there's less trash this year, it'd be great to have even more volunteers.

dkurt · Post by **dkurt** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:56 pm

I plan to be there!!

David · Post by **David** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:00 am

I am in!

gromit · Post by **gromit** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:17 pm

Wallace and Gromit should be there

Mango · Post by **Mango** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:28 pm

I will be there also. I might bring a friend, but not sure right now....

Alicia · Post by **Alicia** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:54 pm

Great - thank you, guys & gals! Bring all your friends!

I forgot to tell folks that the Pass trip will be putting in @ the swinging bridge, which is a Wildlife Management Area & requires a DGIF access permit or fishing or hunting license.

See here for info:
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/access-permit/

thanx, aj

Alicia · Post by **Alicia** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:58 pm

Monday bump!

Reminder, in order to help with my shopping list for the cookout, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY THURSDAY, 3/26, IF YOU ARE COMING.

Possible 1/2" rain forecast for Thursday - do your rain dances so we'll have water to paddle.

thanx, aj

John and Linda VanLuik · Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:36 pm

Linda and I plan to attend
John

Silent Bob · Post by **Silent Bob** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:56 pm

Count me in.

STRAKER · Post by **STRAKER** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:18 am

I shall also be there

bambam · Post by **bambam** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:12 am

I'm in.

Ken Dubel

Wallace · Post by **Wallace** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:08 pm

Wallace and Gromit WILL be there.

Raymond · Post by **Raymond** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:11 pm

I will be there. Thanks for organizing this.

Regina · Post by **Regina** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:57 pm

I'm planning on joining you, also bringing a cinnamon cake to share for dessert.
Can you order up some warm temps?

Regina

Alicia · Post by **Alicia** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:09 pm

Cake sounds good - thanks, Regina!

Afraid it's going to be cool here Sat - high 30s in AM, low 40s afternoon.

I'm also afraid the forecast rain is looking less promising, tho I'm still hopeful we'll @ least have enough water to run the section below the P.O. to Copper Road. I'd like to see @ least 2.0' USGS for that section. Balcony Falls is also still a possible back-up plan, unless the wind forecast worsens.

Please let me know tomorrow if you're coming, as I'll be shopping for the cookout on Fri.

thanks to all - aj

Coastals

OCT for Goshen clean-up, cook-out & paddle 3/28

OCT for Goshen clean-up, cook-out & paddle 3/28

Goshen clean up

FYI on needing DGIF access permit for swinging bridge P/I

Monday BUMP

Goshen cleanup