Big Fat Hits on the Spring New River, WV
Today is the first day of spring. It looks like spring outside, but it sure doesn’t feel like spring. It doesn’t matter, though, because we are getting prepared for our first Lower New River trip next week. I remember my first Spring New River rafting trip. Not so much the details, but the feel, the cool April air, and my total lack of understanding of white water rafting. In reality it was a blur. I remember lots of water, lots of laughing and lots of anxiety about figuring out how the water works and whether I would make the cut. Only through repeated rafting of the New River Gorge did I get a feel for the nuance of the river, the hidden features (in water and on the rocky shores).
Now the New River in Spring is an old friend. There is a surprising level of comfort rafting the Lower New. Nothing makes me giggle so much as climbing the face of a wave in the Middle Keeneys or Fayette Station to plow through the foamy top. Sitting in the back of the boat provides an extra little sumpin’ for the ride. I’m smiling as I type this.
If you’ve got any Spring rafting stories, feel free to tell it here. If you want experience one of the best West Virginia white water rafting adventures, you have got to check out the Lower New River in Spring. The lagniappe in all this is that you get way more bang for your buck in April and May. Do it. You know you want to.
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