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Cold with a Chance of Snakes and a Shotgun: Canoeing the Cowpasture River, Virginia

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Eric

(State #13/50) The river was well named — it was a dale flanked by pasturelands of mooing cows, farmhouses and forest covered mountains. Pinewoods and sheer rock cliffs existed where there weren’t fields. The Indians named it Walatoola originally, meaning … Continue reading →

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