Saturday, April 7: First Trip on the Cheat

Only Taylor and Ben made it to the first trip to the Cheat.  The river was level was around 2 feet, which was perfect to introduce Taylor to the canyon.  After the past Cheat Training Season during which the levels remained around 4-5 feet, Ben, now a veteran, found this level to be child's play.

At the put-in, while waiting for shuttle to be setup, the guys did not remain idle.  After Ben struck an engaging group conversion on Zombie apocalypse, they decided to use their talent to build a raft from sticks and ... trash(?)... well... let's say: from what they could find on the spot.  And ain't that a fine looking boat!?

  

Not sure if the goal was to have the raft follow us all the way down the river but the journey of the so carefully hand-crafted craft ended up being short-lived.

Everything went well as we made our way down the river and Taylor had a few opportunities to show us his bombproof roll.  He even took a little "ding" in the face without flinching.  Way to go!

This was a gorgeous sunny day on the Cheat and we all enjoyed a great day of paddling together.

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