2012

My dear friend DG Strong planned a trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway so I could paddle North Carolina (and Virginia, see No. 4 for that story) and see where he spent time as a kid. We (with our friend Jeremy Lehmann) camped in his uncle's backyard and ended up making sauerkraut for everyone we know thanks to this trip. But first I had to paddle Fontana Lake. (Fancy sign is DG's doing, too.)

Photo credit: DG Strong