Mighty Mayo River Trip Report                             January 15th 2012

Twelve at the put in. Twelve at the take out. Russ Condrey taught me to always bring all my gear and to always bring everyone home. We did, but it was close to not being so.

Boaters:

Joe Fortin, Sammy Allred, Lucas Conkle, Danny Byrd, Robert Pajor, Pete Walther, Nate Krizmanich and David Zane Stacy were in kayaks.

 

On a beautiful sunny November afternoon, my mom asked, “Greta, do you want to run the Middle Haw this weekend?”  I gulped, “Yeah, sure.”   The Middle Haw?  No sweat, right? I’ve done the Tuck, the Nanty and the Lower Pigeon.  No problem.  But you know what?  A part of me screamed, “Pause!”   You see, I had chickened out on a run on the Middle Haw earlier in the paddling season.

 

Upper Gauley First Timers – 2011

Lisa Birskovich, James Woods, Nick Woods, Tony Cowan, Ashley Cowan, Joe Berry, Bret Harrison, Kurt McKissick, Luke Osborne & Tina, Stuart Samuels, Lee Belknap, Paul and Karen Lange

First Timers: Jeff Dennie, Morgan Randell