Cacapon

Ran this stretch on 5-20-22. The business at the usual put in at Rt.50 is indeed burned out, and the stairs and ramp are no longer maintained. A local gentleman took our picture for the community Facebook page, and directed us to the town parking lot a few blocks away to park our car for the weekend. The local police were gracious, and had no issue with us leaving our vehicle for the weekend. A new public access site with parking is being built by the state to the South and is supposed to open soon.. The river was at 3.3' and the drops and rock gardens were a breeze compared to when I had last run it at 2.5'. We stretched the trip to 2 nights for the sake of camping and hiking up Caudy's Castle, but it could easily be done in one day or a single night at 3'. Only 1 other group on the river that we saw, but there must have been more behind us because the lot at the take out was packed when we arrived Sunday morning. LOTS of wildlife, along with the feeling of being in the middle of nowhere for most of the trip. This is by far my favorite 'camping float'.