I had meant to post this yesterday, but was distracted. After a week of busting my ass getting the pieces in place to open shop, I took a much needed break from reality.

I loaded up my new (to me) Dagger mamba, met some friends and took off for Second Creek in scenic Greenbrier county, WV. I've been really scaling down the difficulty of what I paddle while my shoulder heals, so we did this mild little class 2 creek versus something difficult and challenging. But the scenery more than made up for it.

I had a little learning curve with the new boat, and found myself trying to manhandle it like my last boat needed, which had me all over the place for the first half of the day.