Day 2 In the Canoe

Wednesday morning I paddled a five mile trek down the New River in a canoe. It was an adventure! The water was very low and the canoe bottomed out a few times meaning I had to get out and shove it over the rocks. That stretch of the New has only Class 1 rapids and with the low water the hardest part was stearing around the rocks. I had never paddled a canoe in my life, but was determined to do it on my vacation. (Yes I had medical clearance with my shoulder).

I learned in the information noteboook in the room at the Dog House Resort that Zaloo's Canoes allowed dogs to ride in the canoes, so Neely came along.

It took a about 3 hours to get to the New River State Park site and then I had to haul the canoe out (had some help from fellow canoers who came up just after I did).