Annual Fall Camping Trip 10/26 - 10/30/2011

While this isn't a traditional River Day post, we thought it would be appropriate to put up some pictures from our annual fall camping trip to Sherwood Lake in Greenbrier County, WV. The crew that makes it (most years anyway) camping is the usual group that celebrates River Day...plus a few extras. The pictures aren't in chronological order. The weather went from mild and rainy to snow, then really cold over the weekend. Most of the time was spent in and around the campsite, with a little Geocaching thrown in.

Enjoy the pictures!

From left: Tim, Ted, Mark, Jay, Pat, Scott, Damon and David.

Pool of water in the creek above the campsite.


Early Saturday morning around the fire. About 2 inches of snow overnight.


The creek just below the campsite Saturday morning.


Jay's camper.


Sherwood Lake Road.


Creek by the campsite.


Back of Jay's truck right after the snow started coming down Friday evening.


We always have the best fire, wherever we are!


Snow sticking to Ted's jacket, Friday evening.


Thursday afternoon we were able to get in a few games of washer toss.

Early Friday, before the snow started, looking down Sherwood Lake Road.

Snow hanging in the pines across the road from our campsite, Saturday afternoon.

River Day 10/24/2011

I'm sure it looks like there hasn't been a River Day for a couple of weeks, but we did have one last week. No one brought a camera, so no one made a post. Jay, Tim, Ted and I did make it last week and had a nice celebration of the holiday.

Anyway, this week there were only three of us down on Monday: Jay, Tim and I. We had a nice relaxing evening, and the weather was, well...I think we had everything but snow this time around!

We started with mostly clear, sunny skies. Then the clouds rolled in and with them a pretty strong wind. It felt like the temperature went from 70 to 60 in 15 minutes. It rained leaves for a little while, then started actually raining. After 45 minutes or so of that, the skies cleared up a bit and we actually had a little more sunshine. A little snow would have covered all bases, but I'm sure we won't have much longer to wait for that.

Not much going on this week. No one tried any fishing. No washer toss. No projects. We were pretty well occupied with making and discussing the final plans for the annual fall camping trip coming up in the middle of this week. Even though it's not River Day oriented, the River Day gang will all be going, so I'm sure we'll post some pictures from the trip after the end of the week.

I am adding a few pics from this week, and one short video to show how strong the wind was blowing at one point.

River Day 10/03/2011

Big change in the weather at the river this week - shorts and t-shirts last week, jeans and jackets this week. Temperatures were in the upper 50's and we had a light rain on and off for most of the evening. Jay, Tim and I made it down for the weekly celebration.

All three of us fished for a while, but as far as I know we all came up empty handed (I did anyway). Jay brought helgramites, so we thought we might at least get a bite or two. Nada.

We didn't have anything unusual to burn this week, so we settled for firewood. Even though it was a bit smaller than the last one, it was still the best fire on the river.

A good part of the evening was spent solving problems, okay, griping, and talk led to this River Day's quote of the week: "Don't be wearing shorts and a freakin' t-shirt when it's January outside!" (Classic.)

If you need any explanation on this one, ask Tim.