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This will be a basic/beginner level white water trip (Class II), see link for description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_scale_of_river_difficulty, from Riley&#39;s Lock in Poolesville, Maryland, down the Old Patowmack Canal, to Pennyfield Lock.<br /><br />This outing requires at least a heavy duty inflatable kayak (sorry no rentals), life vest, your participation in the free beginner instruction at Riley&#39;s Lock on how to kayak safely through the canal, a bottle of water, and $5 cash per person to pay the park launch fee. This is an easy trip.<br /><br />We will watch over each other and we will stay together as a group. All outdoor activities have risk, which you must accept in order to go. You could get wet, have the time of your life, make new friends, and get a possible sunburn.<br /><br />This trip requires your limited logistical support:<br /><br />We need one person to watch our boats while we drop off our vehicles at Pennyfield (takeout point).<br /><br />We need two drivers (everyone should have a mask to wear in the car) to take us back to Riley&#39;s Lock to start the trip. It is a short drive from start to finish.<br /><br />We also need someone to drive the two drivers back to Riley&#39;s Lock after the event to get their cars. We need at least one person to watch the drivers&#39; kayaks at Pennyfield until they return.<br /><br />Please be willing to help.<br /><br />If you shuttle on this trip you should only have to do the task once as others will standup and help on our other trips.<br /><br />Somehow I always end up driving. I volunteer to shuttle on this adventure.<br /><br />This will be my first trip with my whitewater kayak, popsicle. I&#39;ve started on my guest list so I don&#39;t have an extra boat.<br /><br />Launch time is 10:45 AM sharp.<br /><br />I have posted this trip on the Canoe Cruisers Assn website.<br /><br />SYOTR<br /><br />Please see the CCA Trip Guidelines: https://canoecruisers.clubexpress.com/content.asp