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There's one thing I want to get straight, and I'm just going to say it - I was in a sorority in college. Yes, I proudly wore Greek letters emblazoned across my T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants at Indiana University.  It begs the question everyone wonders about, "What are you doing in the middle of West Virginia?" It all started years ago, back in Indiana.

I grew up in Indianapolis, so I'm a proud Hoosier through and through. I went to Indiana University in southern Indiana, about 45 minutes south of where I grew up. While there, I thoroughly enjoyed the college life: living in a sorority house, cheering on my favorite sport (Indiana basketball) and, of course, studying!


Do you remember that tiny window of sunshine we had a few weeks ago? We in the marketing department had been hoping for such a day to take photos of the Zip Line Canopy Tour with snow on the ground.  It's a tough combination to pull off, especially since our canopy tour faces the southern skies.

That day was unexpected. The Weather Channel gave no prediction that the sun would even shine. But about 10 a.m., the sun popped out and the skies turned a vibrant blue. It was the perfect day for a photo shoot, and we weren't prepared.


Recently I switched from working in the Reservations Office to working in the Marketing Department.  I have been assigned various projects.  I was working on something today and was brainstorming.  I walked around the office and asked everyone for their childhood vacation memory.  What was the typical family vacation?  What I discovered was there is no set "typical" family vacation.

For my family, it was the trek to the beach.  Myrtle Beach.  One trip, in particular, rings a bell because we felt like glorified Beverly Hillbillies - only I didn't realize it at the time.  It started with our station wagon.  There is a running '70s cliche about the white station wagon with the wood paneling. That is exactly what we had. I don't think we wore a seat belt the whole trip as my dad chain smoked Salem lights.  This was a very different time with no glimpse of anything remotely politically correct.


 

Seriously, how could they name the second oldest river in the world "New" River? I mean, this is some of "America's Best Whitewater." Couldn't they name it something more appropriate? How about "Big Water Canyon" or "Cataract Canyon?" Oh yeah, that one is already taken.

It's part of the ancient "Teays" river system, which would be a little better name. Or we could use the Shawnee name "Keninskeha" (you can read about that in my "Raft the Keninskeha" blog). So what if we can't pronounce it?


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACE has been taking people down the Keninskeha River for more than three decades now.  Well over 500,000 people have rafted with us in that time!  Wow, that's something.

The Shawnee considered the Kanawha and New River as one great big river.  They called it the Keninskeha, which supposedly translates to the "River of Evil Spirits," or as some claim "The River of Death"!


A few years ago the main question in the media was WHERE?

Where's Waldo? Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? Where in the world is Matt Lauer?

And in a historical context, where is Jimmy Hoffa? Where is Amelia Earhart? Not to imply they are at ACE by any means. Just making a reference.

And my personal childhood favorite - Where's the Beef?

These days, the main "Where" question is "Where is Conan O'brien going to move?" However, I have a new question for all ACE fanatics. There is a mystery afoot at ACE these day. The Welcome Center is gone. I made up fliers and put them up around town. No response. I put a picture of the Welcome Center on milk cartons to no avail.


A "mountaintop Stonehenge that baffles archeologist..." is located 16 miles north-northwest of ACE Adventure Resort.  The massive stone walls, a gigantic compound, of Armstrong Mountain have puzzled archeologists since the 1880s.

Who built them and why they were built has been debated for more than a hundred years.  Col. P. W. Norris did the first real study in 1884 for the Smithsonian Institution - followed by several other attempts throughout the years since.


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