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Cacapon River or Paw Paw Section of Potomac
Trip t Cacapon (Caudy Castle section) or Paw Paw section of the Potomac. Choice dependent on water levels. Brenda will paddle an open canoe on the Paw Paw. Mid-morning meetup time on Saturday morning. Contact her ASAP if interested for final details. 240-313-0009
Riley's Lock/Seneca Creek.
Receive tips from nationally ranked Wildwater paddler (Bob Bofinger) before the Potomac Downriver Race. Suitable for long boats; option to borrow boats (Wavehopper or Wildwater), subject to availability. Please let trip coordinator know what type of boat you plan to bring or if you would like to borrow a boat. See calendar for other available dates in April and May.
We will meet on Wednesday, April 8 from 6:30-8 PM at the Clara Barton Recreation Center (7425 MacArthur Blvd., Cabin John, MD 20818). We have new movies from the February National Paddling Film Festival. We will show what the Gauley is like from a raft guide‘s perspective and from someone who intentionally swims rivers such as the Upper Gauley. Another provides an introduction the Bridge Day on the nearby New River. We also have a series of still images that were submitted as well.
Old Angler's Inn, lower parking lot.
Receive tips from nationally ranked Wildwater paddler (Bob Bofinger) before the Potomac Downriver Race. Suitable for long boats; option to borrow boats (Wavehopper or Wildwater), subject to availability. Please let trip coordinator know what type of boat you plan to bring or if you would like to borrow a boat. See calendar for other available dates in April and May.
There will be a George Washington Canal trip Sunday afternoon meeting at Pennyfield Lock at 1:00 to set shuttle. Forecast river level is 3.5‘ on the Little Falls gauge. Water temp will be about 60 F. Please advise Wayne McDaniel (macinmd1@gmail.com, 443 542 8779) if you plan to join.
Riley's Lock/Seneca Creek.
Receive tips from nationally ranked Wildwater paddler (Bob Bofinger) before the Potomac Downriver Race. Suitable for long boats; option to borrow boats (Wavehopper or Wildwater), subject to availability. Please let trip coordinator know what type of boat you plan to bring or if you would like to borrow a boat. See calendar for other available dates in April and May.
If interested, contact Ginny at ginny.quam@gmail.com.
Rileys Lock/Seneca Landing
Paddlers and friends will pick up trash in and along the river. Trash bags, gloves and long handled grabbers will be supplied. Paddlers should bring their own boats and gear. Non-paddlers can pick up trash along the shore.
BRV/CCA River Trip Scheduled so that you can take a quick paddle and still help with the clean-up earlier in the day if you wish. Bring a lunch to eat before we get on the river.
Contact Barb 301-452-8655 or Beth 240-506-0417 by mid-day Friday if interested so shuttle options can be discussed.
Bloomington Take-Out 39.476398 -79.069421
Join Miki Komlosh Sunday on the North Branch of the Potomac at Bloomington. This lovely continuous Class II/II+ section of the Potomac River is a great step-up run for intermediate paddlers.
Contact Miki at komloshm@yahoo.com if you want to join.
For more info on Bloomington, click the link below.
https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-detail/2430/main
Normally attended by Officers and Committee Chairs, meetings are held once every two months and are open to any CCA Member who wishes to attend. Social meeting begins at 7 pm; business meeting begins at 7:30 pm. If you haven‘t received the login information for the virtual meeting, you can contact a board member or Susan Sherrod.
If interested, contact Ned at iingh1@hotmail.com.
Let’s go south again, but this time to Chile. Back in 1993, Mac Thornton and a handful of his restless CCA buddies, flew south to test themselves against the formidable whitewater of this spectacular land. Find out how it all turned out as golden-tongued Mac reminisces. Yes, you’ve heard it before: Don’t miss it.
As usual, this is a virtual show, so register now, while slots are available.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
This is a Zoom meeting. A link will be emailed to all who register an hour or so before the presentation starts, and posted on the calendar page just before the meeting starts.
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Riley's Lock, Potomac River and Seneca Creek
Calleva offers its annual Seneca Showdown, including both a Downriver Race and an Attainment Race. Do one or do both! The race course is located on the class ll section of the Potomac River known as the G.W. Canal and Seneca Breaks. For more information and registration see: https://calleva.org/river/whitewater/seneca-showdown/