Yesterday 25 staff members from Wilderness Voyageurs went to Valley Falls State Park on the Tygart River in Northern West Virginia. Valley Falls is a beautiful spot of river with 2 excellent waterfalls for beginner and intermediate paddlers to hone their waterfall technique.

Many of us took creek and river-running kayaks, a few of us were in playboats, and some of us even took inflatable kayaks (duckies). Everyone had a blast, although not everyone stayed in their kayak (the park rangers, who don't allow swimming or wading, were not exactly happy about this!). Check out these photos for a taste of the action:

(Above) A wide shot of the bottom drop. Left to right: Brian & Andrea, Rob, Brandon, Beau

Jared Callahan in mid air perfectly on line. Go Jared!

Rich showing perfect position and posture as he is about to "huck" the falls.

Susan, WV's lead kayak instructor, is planning a waterall clinic to Valley Falls later this summer. For more info, check here.

Happy boofing
Lou