The phone number for the ranger is 540-579-7092.

This trip was cancelled due to flooding. We planned a white water rafting trip on the New River for July 13 - 15 in West Virginia.

The cost was $72 for the Lower New River, $55 for those over 16 and $37 for those over under 16 for the upper New River. This price included the cost of food and the outfitter fees.

The weekend trip was cool, windy, a tiny tiny bit of snow Saturday night late, but otherwise good weather for a campfire and some songs and some from me--guitars and harmonicas. The boys hiked down to Linville Falls and to some overlooks, and also a side trip to see the Brown Mountain Lights, supposedly a haunted mountain --- no explanation for the lights. They saw something, but don't know what! Hmmm... We also had an "ecological scavenger hunt," looking for any non-natural items not belonging in the environment -- translation: trash. In forty minutes they collected more than could fit into a 55 gallon garbage bag, not a bad job and we cleaned up the National Campground a bit. The winning patrol was to get ice cream at McDonald's on the way home, but since they all did so well and really tried hard, we treated them all. There was a winner, but no losers.