This is at night under the bridge, camping and hoping the police don't come by and make me leave. A steady downpour made my location, which I don't think permits camping, pretty secluded on this evening.
Summer on the Monongahela River June 6th 2006 In June I paddled down the 127-mile-long Monongahela River in 5.5 days. It rained every day, but it was a wonderful trip. Here are some photos and comments.
Slept the first night near this bridge because I needed to leave the top of the Mon River at 4 a.m. the next morning. There are three dams with lock at the upper end of the Mon - the first 25 miles. In order to get through all three in o ... read more
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I live in Morgantown, West Virginia. That's about 1.5 hours south of Pittsburgh and home of West Virginia University. I love to be around the water - the ocean or a river. So I’ve lived in Key West, Fla. and in Ocracoke, NC. Morgantown is on the Monongahela River, so I spend a lot of time down there. My blog will be about my trips on various boats I have. I’ll be in Ocracoke some and down on the Mon some.
My trip won’t be far because the river is only a short distance from my home, but it’s 130 million years old, and when you go out on it, it’s really time travel. And the photos sho... full info