Last weekend I went to the Webster Springs Festival, an annual event that is held in the mountains of West Virginia. It's always lots of fun. The main attractions are the "Fruitbasket" rivers: the Cranberry, the Cherry, and the Williams (nevermind that the Williams isn't a fruit). This year we got some rain and I was able to catch the Back Fork of the Elk for the first time. It starts out on Sugar Creek for a quarter mile, then joins the Back Fork and floats along lazily for a while before getting down to business. The meat of the run is the "Three Falls" section, which consists of six ledges ranging in height from 4-12 feet. I ran each of these three or four times because I didn't know when I'd get another chance!
I'm thankful to have met up with such a great group of people to boat with. I didn't know any of them before the weekend began, but spending a beautiful sunny day on a great river is a sure way to make friends. Below are some photos from the weekend for your viewing pleasure.
 Scouting the biggest ledge on the Back Fork of the Elk |  Craig running the ledge |
 John |  Katy |
 Steve |  Joel |
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Group strainer, er, photo. Left to right: Joel, ???, Steve, Katy, Joel, John, Craig, Jim, ???
On the way home we caught Wills Creek outside of Cumberland, which was another first for me. I didn't take any photos because we bombed down it, but the continuous III-IV whitewater had me smiling from ear to ear. All in all it was a great weekend!
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