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Botany

(70,630 posts) Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:16 PM Oct 2021

Something really good in West Virginia

The Upper Gualey River. I might have one more trip in me. Class 5 Whitewater.

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Something really good in West Virginia (Original Post) Botany Oct 2021 OP

I've done that drexelkathy Oct 2021 #1

I didn't do it this fall but I might do it next fall. Botany Oct 2021 #2

drive slowly thru the Gualey and New River Gorges and prepare to be speechless... nebby70 Oct 2021 #3

Lots of W.V. is awesome Botany Oct 2021 #4

drexelkathy

(118 posts)

1. I've done that

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:17 PM

Oct 2021

In my younger years.

Definitely not for the faint of heart!

Botany

(70,630 posts)

2. I didn't do it this fall but I might do it next fall.

Reply to drexelkathy (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:19 PM

Oct 2021

Although I might go for one of the larger rafts this time. The smaller ones are more fun but you
have a > 75% chance you are gonna be a swimmer.

nebby70

(471 posts)

3. drive slowly thru the Gualey and New River Gorges and prepare to be speechless...

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:33 PM

Oct 2021

... even if you don't get in the water - it's spectacular country....
.. trust me....

the 'jump off the bridge is highly acclaimed; but the country is what Appalachia is all about....

Botany

(70,630 posts)

4. Lots of W.V. is awesome

Reply to nebby70 (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:39 PM

Oct 2021

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