midnight hole boof

Like an annoying old friend that you’re glad to see, the pains back. Its that tired muscle ache in the back and shoulders and I love it. I’m physically tired in a way I haven’t been in a long time. I was last in my boat back in November for Gauley. Today it was warm and sunny and there was natural flow and I was excited to paddle. I texted a few folks I knew, but no takers, so I drove out to Big Creek on my own. I’m really glad I did. As it turned out there were a handful of folks there and I knew most of them, so hooking up with someone to paddle with was easy. Drew from Memphis arrived about the same time I did and we hiked up to just below Action Alley. Above AA the river is a little harder, and I was feeling sketchy about getting off the couch and onto something as challenging as this. I was kind of shaky at first and had to roll about 3 times, but what a day. Now I’m sun burnt beat and happy.