On the weekend of May 6th and 7th a group of us met in West Virginia to raft the New and Gauley Rivers.  Ignace, Michelle and I drove from Philadelphia while Jeff, Todd and Jim came from Illinois.  The plan was to raft the New River (a few Class V rapids) on Saturday and the Gauley River (many Class V rapids) on Sunday.  Unfortunately, it rained too much on Saturday to be able to raft the Gauley on Sunday so we rafted the New River a second time.

Rafting on the New River

Our group (from front to back)

Right side - Jim, Todd, Tom, Michelle

Left side - Jeff and Ignace