For Alexis’s birthday, we need to tick off the closest national park to us. We wanted to visit swamps of SC. Alexis’s dad, Tom, drove us down to the park so we could walk around and kayak.
There was no admission fee and the park were pretty neat.
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Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota Weekend
Quick adventure to outwest, the 1st time in 4 years since I had been back in Colorado. Red eye Flight out of Charlotte. Alexis came along for the trip too, but she would end up spending most of her time in Boulder, Co.
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Paris and French Countryside
We headed out to Paris, France on at night and got to CDA early in the Monday. The Air France flight over was a good as we could have hoped for. Movies, food and drinks made the 7 hour flight much easier. Custom lines were quick to enough to get through, and the train into town was quite quick.
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Blake-a-palooza
Buddy Blake was a bachelor, and everyone needed to have a reason to party. So it was decided that Blake would be getting a bachelor party at the New River Gorge. Blake-a-plooza was born.
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Meadow River and Summersville Lake: Deep water Solo Weekend
Jeff Dunbar put together a great weekend activity for 30 lucky people. Everyone was ready to have some fun out on the Summersville Lake. Deep water Solo action on the docket.
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Looking Glass Maintenance
This weekend I went up to Looking Glass rock with Joe to perform some route maintenance to the Glass. We packed up all of the construction equipment the night before and got ready for a long day.
Crabtree Fireworks 2017
Crabtree firework again, this time we brought a friend from Charlotte along as well. Nora joined us for the quick whirlwind weekend trip up to Crabtree. We peeled out of Charlotte late Friday and pull in around 1AM at night. The R-POD was setup and ready, so we fell right asleep.
4th of July Float and USWWC
Sam had a float trip down along the Catwaba River that I was invited too. I had lucky come into the temporary possession of a kayak from James at work. All before spending time at the USWWC
New River Gorger: Fern and the South side Crags
Last trip before Lasik Surgery, was to do some summer climbing up in the New River Gorge. This trip was complied with Sam and Jeff. We drove up late Friday evening in Sam’s truck. All 3 of us need to get a way for the weekend.
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Charleston Beach Trip 2017
Looking at our schedules we would not be able to make it to the real beach in sometime. So 1 weekend in June would be our only option for getting my toes in some sand.