This weekend we went to West Virginia to do some whitewater rafting with a bunch of friends on the New River, about 5 hours away from D.C. We used a company called ACE — they were pretty great, but unfortunately the water is really low this year, and the rapids weren't quite as impressive as usual.

Still, I almost got chucked out of the raft once, and was luckily pulled back in. :) We surfed a couple of the holes, and it was pretty fun altogether... Last night we got home at 5pm and crashed, woke up at 8 for some pizza, and crashed again pretty hard. :)

I want to do the lower Gauley next though. :) It's supposed to be a lot bigger and better. I'd also like to do the upper Gauley, but I think it's much more difficult, and you need to have some experience first... ;)