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Memorial Day Weekend
Gather at R5 for food, fun, paddlin’ and relaxin’! Randy Carter chapter is
hosting and Scott’s Creek is cooking Saturday night…that means a
mighty fine setting and some really good eating. How to get there:
From
Charlottesville, take US 29 N. to Culpeper. Take Bus. 29/15 just before
Remington. Turn right on SR 673. turn left into the campground
approximately .5 miles after a railroad crossing.
From
Fredericksburg, take US 17 N toward Warrenton. At Bealeton, Take a left onto SR 28. Go to US 29/15. Make a left
onto US 29/15 S past Remington. Turn left after crossing the Rappahannock
River onto Bus. 29/15. Turn right on SR 673 and proceed as directed above.
From
Warrenton, take US 29 S towards Charlottesville. Turn left after crossing
the Rappahannock River onto Bus. 29/15. Proceed as directed above. Check
the website‘s trip schedule for maps:
www.floatfishermen.org/R5.html
VIP Float Set for July 13 At Davids Creek on the James
Bring extra canoes,flotation, life jackets, cool conversation and libation to share with our
guests. Meet at David’s Creek to camp, float on the James and enjoy
Saturday’s dinner prepared by the Kellers. On the day of the Float, our Beach Master will assign a VIP to a
responsible paddler with space in his/her boat. Après paddling, Randy
Carters will man the bar and a band will be in attendance. Roanoke Valley
will provide a VIP breakfast Sunday morning. FFV will collect a “river
tax” of $5 from each member in attendance to help finance this great
weekend.
How to get there from wherever:
coming from Roanoke or Tidewater, take Route 460 to the town of
Appomattox. In Appomattox, take the Bent Creek exit.
Take Route 26 to Route 60. When you cross Route 60, you are on
Route 605. On Route 605, look for the happy hoards on the left.
Coming from Richmond: take Route 60 West.
Turn
on 605 before you cross the James River. If you cross David’s Creek,
you’ve gone too far. See website for map.
www.floatfishermen.org/DavidCreek.html
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The President's Paddle
Hello fellow Paddlers and Fishermen,
The Memorial Day float will be
on the Rappahannock River at
R5 on May 24th thru the 27th ; the VIP float will be
at David Creek on the James River on the weekend of July 13/14. Directions
to Memorial Day Float at R5 and to the VIP Float at David Creek are
included in this newsletter. Directions are also available on our website under Trip Schedule.
We’re still in the planning
stage for the VIP float. The preliminary float on April the 6th
went well. We had an outstanding day on the river despite the cold nights.
The lunch spot and the take-out appear to be well suited for our float.
I would like to remind
the membership that the VIP float is for our guests. Each of our guests
will need a canoe and a sponsor to guide them down the river. I am sure
everyone will pitch in and help make this a memorable event for our
guests. Food and beverage will be provided to our guests, members and
families, along with entertainment on Saturday night. Breakfast will be
served to our guests on Sunday morning.
Betty Jo and I attended the
George Dickel Chapter Spring Float the weekend of April 13/14. We floated
the James River Saturday and the Rockfish River on Sunday. Everyone had a
great time on the river, followed up with good food, fun and beverage.
Thanks to Bob & Ginnie Peck for allowing us to camp at their home.
Next it was on to R5 on the 27th
of April. We really enjoyed ourselves chowing down at the Headsuckin’.
The Randy Carter Chapter had a big turnout and good fun was had by
everyone. Lots of fun on the river, with plenty of crawdads, fixins’ and
liquid refreshments at the end of the day.
One of our new members, Nikki Maynard, won a Blue Hole Prowler
canoe that the Randy Carter Chapter raffled off. Talk about an excited
young lady! Congratulations
Nikki !!!
I need inputs from all
chapters so we can put together an agenda for the Memorial Day meeting.
Send inputs to me at leborn8346@yahoo.com
or 8609 Farys Mill Rd. Gloucester, VA 23061
See
ya at the Memorial Day float,
Larry
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