Day 4- Oxbow to Buchanan 6/25/13
Today’s expedition
was by far one of the best, if not THE best.
We started off visiting Oxbow farm where we learned about responsible
cattle farming. This included ways in
which to most efficiently use the land and water as well as how to best reduce
or eliminate the amount of pollution that reaches the James River. Farmer Seibel was gracious enough to let us
tour his beautiful farm and answer all of the many questions we had for him. Thank
you Farmer Seibel, we have a great hay ride!
The second part of
the trip included packing up all of our gear and paddling down the James River
with Buchanan as our destination. Along
the way we found an absolutely amazing natural spring which created a series of
waterfalls. The water was cold but
crystal clear, we were even able to swim in it as well as sit in a small cave
behind the waterfall itself. It was a
once in a lifetime find and we feel unimaginably lucky to have stumbled upon
it, it was the highlight of everyone’s days.
The last part of
our adventures involved arriving in Buchanan at the home of an amazingly kind
man named Jimmy who not only is letting us stay on his property but let us use
the bathroom and have our first showers since Saturday! Thank you very much
Jimmy we cannot express in words how grateful we are. After that we met with the James River association
representatives as well as John Mays, the owner of Twin River outfitters, to
discuss the development of the Upper James River. They have added many new campsites and canoe/kayak
put-ins which the community has been thoroughly enjoying this summer. Thank you JRA and Mr. Mays for a very informative
and helpful information session.
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