Saturday, August 2, 2008:
Float the Shenandoah River & Pollard Reunion
Woke up this morning to a nice thunderstorm. The itinerary is for a 5-hour float trip this morning down the Shenandoah River, but we will see if it still happens.
Made a run to Wal-Mart today…picked up a Virginia Cavaliers hat and a T-shirt that says Virginia: Gotta Love It! w/ the outline of the state behind it in blue….AWESOME. Unfortunately, was late getting back to the house holding up everyone going on our big canoe/kayak/tube float trip down the Shenandoah River!...the float trip was approx. 4 hours long from 12:30 – 4:30pm. It was very nice, but was also an adventure. I was with Jim in the canoe, while Barb was tied to our canoe on an innertube w/ Clair also tied on with another innertube. Andrew floated on an innertube with Sara & Jaime’s canoe including Elizabeth, Connor, and Antonio. At the ¾ mark of the trip, we got caught in a massive thunderstorm w/ flashes of lightening and a LOT OF RAIN! We eventually went ashore and waited the storm out and tip the canoe over to dump out all of the rainwater.
After finishing our float trip at Stonewall Crossing (the Shenandoah River goes right by their house), we cleaned up. In the evening, a Bluegrass band played on the porch while dinner was served. Fabulous food and ambience. The evening had a cool breeze, which made the evening near perfect. The evening wound down with a presentation of the ‘Pollard History’ a.k.a. The Pollard Bible. It was a time of sharing stories, recollections, and conversation.
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