Of course we saved the best day for last! Completely unintentionally, but we can still say it! More apple cider to kick off the cold West Virginia morning. Stella starts off by telling us she wants to head down to the river today to climb since it is the time of year the water level is low enough to access those rocks. There's also some great rock face exposed from years of rushing river whittling in funky formations and crazy holds. So we drive. No twisty roads this time, just highway and little two laners thankfully. Parking is a little niche off the two lane covered in leaves and a little muddy. Out of the car and down the access path through spider webs and watch out for the holes along the way! When finally you see the river it is beautiful, the fall colors are spectacular and the layers of rock in the cutout made by the river are just as spectacular. There are a few other climbers out early with us this morning so we wave our hello's and head to a chunky 5.7 to warm up. The bolts are placed and maintained by the Southeastern Climbers Coalition - check them out some time cause they do awesome things for the climbing world. Ashley and I are practicing our Lead climbing, smoothing out the rough patches and practicing our falls. Joe and Mike are just as happy to be there -getting some climbing in, taking more pictures and hanging out with friends.
Luckily for us, we were feeling a little adventurous or maybe just tired after the past couple of days. Mike showed us how to show off on the rocks, and when not climbing... well the picture speaks for it's self.
So, Mike was the best at showing off for the camera but we all gave it a shot.
Needless to say, there were a lot of rocks around... enough for the whole USA!
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