I've been back to the Gauley maybe four or five times since then, but it's been about a decade since my last visit. It's time to get back there, and that's what I plan to do this coming weekend. Martha and I will leave tomorrow and spend a day at the Ocoee River, where I'll make sure I remember how to paddle my whitewater boat, and then we'll move on up to West Virginia for paddling on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
I can never look at this photo without some sadness, for Richard died in 1999 on the North Fork of the Payette River in Idaho. His fate is a reminder for me to exercise caution and good judgement whenever I'm on the river. At the same time, I believe that the most dangerous thing I'll do this week is not the paddling but driving my car to get there.
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