Today, I felt the wind blow. It wasn’t the summer wind, either, like the one that brings a storm in, or blows us back upstream on while we’re out rafting on the New River.
If you get bounced out of the raft, it feels like you're way above the river
It means one thing only into this part of the country: Gauley Season.
Sometimes it feels like it’s never going to get here. Other times, like this year, we’ve been loving the high water all season long. But still, it’s like watching a wave that’s going to break on you. Here it comes- better get ready.
How to know when Gauley season is coming:
- The calendar. It starts the first Friday after labor day.
- Lots of Colorado license plates in Fayetteville.
- Old friends are out on the New River.
- Kayaks everywhere.
- The southern accent becomes audible as all our buddies from down south arrive.
- The humidity disappears, and the clear blue football weather rolls in.
- The air smells like neoprene as all the local guides get out last year’s Gauley gear.
- You start to think about Pillow Rock. All the time.
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