The guy in white is our guide from the 2nd day (Upper Gauley) - his name is Jon Turton. He was the man! We got his card and plan on requesting him next time we go.

You always gotta do this pose. I started this early on in my childhood, and I'm still rockin' it, although it looks like Allison was a little more enthusiastic this time.

Here is our little group after we finished all of our rafting. We are all in one piece with no major injuries. Allison had a bruised nose and Wesley had a fat lip, but that's pretty much it.

Aaron was nice enough to drive his giant family vehicle up there. The little trailer hitched to the back didn't stay on the whole way home. After driving about 50 miles on the way home, it fell off and slid across two lanes and hit the guardrail going about 80 miles an hour. So we turned around and went back for it. Nothing fell off and the cooler only sustained a minor scrape. Come to find out, it was never pinned in that morning. So it's amazing it stayed on as long as it did.

Here are some pictures from the Lower Gauley trip we did on the first day. There are some Class 3 and 4 rapids, and a couple of Class 5, but not as many as in the Upper Gauley that we did the 2nd day. It was REALLY cold, so we had wet suits. The water was about 50 degrees and the air temperature was about 65. It was cloudy and a little rainy. So the wet suits were very nice to have.