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Blue Ridge Voyageurs 2019 Trip Schedule (Updated 6-05-19)

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Whitewater paddling is a risky outdoor sport. BRV is not responsible for any individual’s decision to participate in a trip, or for his or her decision to run any river or section of a river.

The list of scheduled trips below remains a work in progress and reflects mostly weekend trips. Other trips are ad hoc and announced via the BRV email list. For more about BRV's excursions, please see the club's trip guidelines. Mid-week trips: Stay tuned to BRV emails whenever there's water in fun places. The Thursday Paddlers, an informal group of DC area whitewater boaters, led for decades by Steve Ettinger, organize trips every week from March to November.To join their email list, contact Mark Brenneman. CCA also has a Pick Up Trips email list for people to connect anytime area ww creeks and tributary rivers are runnable.To subscribe to this list, send an email with the subject "Pickup Trips" to webmaster@canoecruisers.org, or post a proposal to trips@canoecruisers.org. Wednesday p.m. paddling on the lower Potomac: CCA's Mike Baummer coordinates trips for all area after-work paddlers from Anglers to Lock 10, Little Falls or Violet's Lock. See MikeyB's posts on the MCC board for updates and details. Sunday Morning Violet's Lock trips: To join the list, email Alf Cooley@gmail.com. . Dam Releases Gauges Rainfall Weather Stream Finder Roll Sessions

Other Clubs' Trip Calendars: Regional paddling club members are encouraged to cross-post their outings to other clubs they belong to -- and vice versa. To list a trip here, contact the Webmaster. Monocacy Canoe Club Canoe Cruisers Association Coastal's Canoe Club Greater Baltimore Canoe Club Mason-Dixon Canoe Club [more paddling club links] BRV Boat/Car Stickers BRV has new stickers to help promote the club OTR, at put-ins, and on the road. [Read more | order stickers]

• MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC To add or change a trip listing: Please email Mike Martin, webmaster, or call him or Beth Koller to add/change listings for the newsletter. Also share trip info on the BRV Facebook page. To post or change a trip on short notice, send a “reply all” e-mail to a BRV email message. Thanks to all who coordinate BRV trips!
  Date	Location	Difficulty1	Contact
  Winter 2018-19
  Jan. 28	BRV meeting, 7:00 p.m. Clara Barton Center 7425 MacArthur Blvd, in Cabin John. MD Photographer Kent Mason will give a presentation showing the images he captured in the backwoods and on the rivers in West Virginia’s Alleghenies, including the Dolly Sods wilderness area and as well Cheat River canyon.	All	Rick Koller
  Feb. 17 (Sun.)	Charlie Duffy's annual “Fun with Ropes Safety Clinic” Great Falls Auditorium, 9200 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA	All	Charlie Duffy
  Feb. 10 (Sat.)	CCA's Trip Coordinator Workshop	All	Alf Cooley
  MARCH 2019
  March 2 (Sat.)	Ed Gertler's annual Icebreaker trip (CCA)		Edward Gertler (301) 585-4381
  March 6 (Weds.)	BRV Meeting	All	Rick Koller
  March 2-3 (Sat.- Sun.)
  March 9-10 (Sat.- Sun.)	Daylight Savings Time begins Sun., March 10
  March 16-17 (Sat.- Sun.)
  March 23-24 (Sat.- Sun.)
  March 25- Apr.1 -31 (Mon-Mon.)	East TN creeks and rivers	class 2ish	John Duke 301-465-0091 & Ed Evangelidi
  March 30 (Sat.-)	Nancy Kell Memorial Paddle Millville section of the Shenandoah in Harper's Ferry WV, Nancy's home river.		Bonnie Wisdom
  March 30-31 (Sat.- Sun.)
  TBA	Couch Potatoes' Spring Shakedown Cruise	LI-I	Mike Martin or TBA
  APRIL 2019
  April 6-7 (Sat. - Sun.)
  April 13 (Sat.)	Potomac River Cleanup Annual CCA & BRV club boaters help in conjunction with the Alice Ferguson Foundation's Watershed cleanup day at at Riley's Lock. Cleanup supplies provided, but bring water and lunch.  River level permitting, bring your boat for island/GW canal cleanup.	All	Kathleen Sengstock (BRV) 240-381-7189
  April 13-14 (Sat. - Sun.)	Elk River Festival (a.k.a., Webster Wildwater Weekend, Webster Springs, WV) [Stay at Camp Cesar, Cowen, WV]	LI-A	If interested, contact Mike Martin
  April 13-14 (Sat. - Sun.)
  April 13-14 (Sat. - Sun.)	Bloomington Release	I
  April 20-21 (Sat. - Sun.)	Easter Weekend
  April 20 (Sat.)	Annual Bluebells Trip On a section of the Monocacy or a tributary—depending on water levels-fasting moving water/class 1	N	Dean Geis 443-250-0864
  April 19-21 (Fri - Sun.)	Smoke Hole Car Camper (Coastals Canoe Club)	I	Tom McLoud 301-473-4546
  April 19-21 (Fri - Sun.)	Intermediate Kayak Class Dry Fork of the Cheat (water levels permitting)	I	Charlie Duffy
  April 25-27 (Thurs.- Sat.)	Pine Creek PA area trips	PN-I	Dean Geis 443-250-0864 Craig Wolfe 301-461-7846
  April 27-28 (Sat.- Sun.)
  April 27-28 (Sat. - Sun.)	Bloomington Release	I	John Snitzer (Sat.) Beth Koller (Sun.)
  MAY 2019
  May 1-7 (Weds.-Tues.)	New River tribs	class 2ish	John Duke 301-465-0091 & Ed Evangelidi
  May 3-4 (Fri.-Sat.)	Cheat River Festival
  May 4-5 (Sat. - Sun.)
  May 11-19 (Sat. - Sun.)	20th Annual MCC/BRV Smoky Mountains Trip Trip is limited to 12 participants.	Class III	Richard Hopley
  May 11-12 (Sat. - Sun.)
  May 11-12 (Sat. - Sun.)	Bloomington Release	I	Zofia Koskim
  May 11 (Sat.)	CCA Downriver Race
  May 15 (Weds)	BRV Meeting, May 15 Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd, in Cabin John, MD. Risa Shimoda, an early extreme paddler and two time head of American Whitewater, will discuss some public paddling initiatives, the impact of the transfer of governance for all competitive paddlesport (from dragon boat racing, kayak polo, and sprints to slalom racing, wildwater racing, and free style kayaking (rodeo) to the American Canoe Association, and the new International Whitewater Hall of Fame (coming to a location near you). She will kick her talk off with a short video. The evening will also include a video featuring BRV members in both kayaks and open canoes. There are thrills and spills from a variety of river locations including the Cheat Canyon, the Gauley, La Rogue (Quebec) the New Gorge, Rios Tres Amigos (Costa Rica), and the Tygart (Arden Section). Join us for beer and pizza at Ledo’s afterwards.	All
  May 16-19 (Thurs. - Sun.)	"Dukefest" - a revival of John Duke's annual gathering on his acreage along Spring Creek in the Greenbrier Valley. Camp, paddle, live musc. John's place is a great jumping off point for trips ranging from the Bluestone to the WV's fruitbasket runs.	N-I+	John Duke 301-465-0091
  May 17-19 (Fri. - Sun.)	Stonycreek River Festival Hosted by Benscreek Canoe Club Quemahoning Releases Scheduled Camping/food/music available at Greenhouse Park in Ferndale. Camping also available at Quemahoning Reservoir Recreation Area and at Nanty-Glo Park.	I-A
  May 18-19 (Sat. - Sun.)	Pigg River Ramble festival, Rocky Mount, VA	PN+	Clark Childers
  Memorial Day Weekend May 24 -28 (Fri-Mon)	Annual Camper at Teeters' Campground, Albright, WV Trips range from the Cheat and Tygart Forks, the Casselman/Yough basin, Stonycreek, Bloomington, and Cheat Narrows or Canyon.	LI-A	Mike Martin & Courtney Caldwell
  Memorial Day Weekend May 24 -28 (Fri-Mon)	James River Camper near Buchanan VA. Suitable for kids and newbies	N-PN	Miki Komlosh
  May 25-26 (Sat. - Sun.)	Bloomington Release	I
  June 2019
  June 1 (Sat.)	ACA 39th Great Rappahannock Whitewater Canoe Race
  June 1-2 (Sat.-Sun.)
  June 8-9 (Sat.-Sun.)
  June 14	June 14 Potomac River Keeper Women on the Water Paddle Day	N
  June 15-23	Stonycreek/Lower Yough BRVers Tom and Sandy Snyder will be traveling from their current home in east TN to western PA the weekend of June 15-16 through the following week. We hope to paddle Stony Creek June 15 and/or June 16. We'll be on the Yough or neighboring rivers during the week and are staying at the Ohiopyle State Park campground. They'll be traveling with other east TN paddlers who would love to meet up with old friends and other DC-area paddlers.		Sandy Snyder 423-453-0936 Tom Snyder 423-453-9321
  June 22-23 (Sat.-Sun.)	Potomac River Keeper Float Through History on the Antietam (Saturday) Dealer's Choice (Sunday)	N LI	Beth Koller 240-506-0417
  June 29-30 (Sat.-Sun.)
  TBA	Savage River release
  TBA	Harpers Ferry Outdoor Festival/Tim Gavin Memorial Down River Race	LI
  JULY 2019
  July 3-7 (Weds. Sun.)	July 4th Weekend
  July 13-14 (Sat.-Sun.)
  July 20-21 (Sat.-Sun.)
  July 27-28 (Sat.-Sun.)
  TBA	Carolina Canoe Club Week of Rivers	LI-E
  TBA	BRV Meeting 7:00 p.m., Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd, Cabin John. MD.	All
  TBA	BRV's Annual Moonlight Picnic	All
  AUGUST 2019
  Aug. 3-4 (Sat.-Sun.)
  Aug. 10-11(Sat.-Sun.)
  Aug. 10 (Sat.)	Smith River Fest
  Aug. 17 (Sat.)	BRV's annual moonlight picnic Violettes Lock or at Daryl and Mike's place near Poolesville	ALL	Mark Wray 703-675-9493
  Aug. 24-25 (Sat.-Sun.)
  SEPTEMBER 2019
  Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 (Sat. - Mon.)	Labor Day weekend New River Rendezvous multi-club gathering, Hico, WV, hosted by the Coastals Canoe Club https://www.coastals.org/index.html	LI-A	Ken Dubel
  Sept.7-8 (Sat.-Sun.)
  TBA	BRV Meeting 7:00 p.m., Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd, Cabin John, MD	All	Rick Koller
  Sept. 14-15 (Sat.-Sun.)
  Sept. 19-22 (Thurs.-Sun.)	Gauley Festival
  Sept.21-22 (Sat.-Sun.)
  Sept. 28-29 (Sat.-Sun.)
  OCTOBER 2019
  Oct. 5-6 (Sat. - Sun.)
  Columbus Day Weekend Oct. 12-14 (Sat. - Mon.)	Annual New Jersey Pine Barrens Camper?		Ed Evangelidi
  Oct. 19-20 (Sat. - Sun.)
  Oct. 26-27(Sat. - Sun.)
  TBA	Russell Fork Rendezvous	I to E
  NOVEMBER 2019
  Nov 2-3(Sat.-Sun.)	Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday Nov. 3
  Veterans Day Nov. 9-11 (Fri.)	Eastern Shore Car Camper?	PN	Ed Evangelidi
  Nov 16-17 (Sat.-Sun.)
  TBA	BRV meeting, 7:15 p.m., Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd, Cabin John, MD.	All	Rick Koller
  TBA	Tohickon Creek Release	I	Courtney Caldwell?
  DECEMBER 2019
  TBA	BRV Holiday Party	All	Mark Wray 703-675-9493
  Mid Dec. to Mid Jan	Florida creeks and rivers?	PN	Ed Evangelidi
  Area Dam Release Schedules Stonycreek Bloomington (N. Branch Potomac) and Savage River Gauley Upper Yough Deerfield

  
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