Wednesday, September 20, 2006

ACE Adventures

This is the fourth and last of my posting about our trip to West Virginia.

Following are some pictures from the ACE camp out of which we white watered on Monday. ACE (American Canadian Expeditions) has 1400 acres in their Beckley WV property. Though rafting is the focal point, they have a range of other activities from horseback riding to mountain biking, from caving to rock climbing. The facility has a numerous accommodation options, from kitchen equipped cabins with hot tubs to bunk houses to primitive camping ( http://www.aceraft.com/ ).

These pictures were taken Sunday afternoon just before we headed to the stables to take our horse ride. I love trying to catch action shots, and these along with a dozen others achieved my goal. Having a camera that can capture a dozen shots in as many seconds helps greatly to secure two or three action pregnant pictures out of one sequence.

These first four pictures show individuals using a zip line that ran from a four story tower. Other two pictures of are of people shooting off a plastic shout into the water. In the background of some shots is a water obstacle course.


We were impressed with the facility and the staff. The greatest difficulty was getting to this remote camp in our RV. As there is a bridge with a 10 ft clearance we had to take a back lane into the camp, a lane not much wider than our RV that was about 4 miles. Yes we will be going back, maybe for a longer stay...anyone want to join us?








3 comments:

Barbara said...

Now that looks fun!!!

Evie said...

The next time we go to ACE, Dave and I will do some zip-lining. We're also thinking about taking some kayaking lessons. Dave did some kayaking years ago. I've canoed but never kayaked. I'll be taking lessons even if Dave doesn't.

Catharine said...

Looks like a wonderful place to spend some time. Zip-lining looks amazing!