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Raft The Keninskeha River With ACE

Posted by: Rick in West Virginia, Shawnee, New River Gorge Bridge, New River Gorge, New River, Native Americans, Keninskeha, Cherokee, ACE Adventure Resort on Mar 4, 2010

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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"!

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ACE's Mysterious Neighbors On Armstrong Mountain

Posted by: Rick in West Virginia, settlers, New River Gorge, Native Americans, Kanawha River, Armstrong Mountain, ACE Adventure Resort on Mar 2, 2010

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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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Prehistoric People Visited ACE Adventure Resort

Posted by: Rick in West Virginia, Shawnee, New River Gorge, New River, Native Americans, Cherokee, arrowheads, ACE Adventure Resort on Mar 1, 2010

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For more than 20,000 years, people have visited the New River Gorge area. ACE Adventure Resort's 1,500 acres is situated at a key, natural migratory route that was no doubt visited and used by these early people. Arrowheads and other evidence leave little doubt that even back then this area was popular.

ACE's Beach, our private river access on the New River, is located at the base of the gorge. It is the second largest beach in the entire gorge.  Flat land has always been prime real estate in the mountains.

Located in the middle of a huge horseshoe bend in the river, where three major tributaries here funneled both wildlife and people down to the river, it has always been a crossing point. Also, with almost a mile of broken cliffs located high above the river and facing mainly to the east, these natural rock shelters would have been tempting living quarters.

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New Year 2010 Isn't The Year Of The Donkey

Posted by: ScottP in West Virginia, New River Gorge Bridge, New River Gorge, donkey, Bridge Walk, Bridge Day, ACE Adventure Resort on Feb 23, 2010

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So this year, I have made a list of ACE-related New Year's Resolutions. I readily admit that I have not taken advantage of all that we offer here, but this is my year: Scott's top 10 for 2010.

Now, what you have to understand - and I have referred to it in many blogs - is that I am moderately to severely athletically challenged. More aptly put, I am a clutz. Sometimes, situations like that make me very nervous. And those nerves can breed what I call "the donkey laugh." A loud, honking hee haw of a laugh.

It surfaced once at a Moroccan restaurant that had a belly dancer. And she was very buxom. Well, she took a shine to me and gyrated and thrusted to the point that it was full tilt donkey city. I still can't eat couscous.

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Lucky To Have New River Gorge Zip Line Canopy Tours

Posted by: ScottP in zipline canopy tour, Zip Line Canopy Tours, Zip Line Canopy Tour, Whitewater Rafting, West Virginia, New River Gorge, Canopy Tour, ACE Adventure Resort on Feb 18, 2010

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Lately, I have been overcome with the news.  This all began in December with the endless snow. I felt like Jack Nicholson in The Shining; all of the snow was driving me over the edge.  And that was topic one on everyone's mind.  Have you checked the weather?  When was the last time you checked the weather?

First of all, I am not Willard Scott.  Secondly, the only 100th birthday I celebrate will be my own.  Smuckers or not.  Why is everyone obsessed with milk and bread when it snows? I am concerned with Little Debbie cakes and Coronas.  Obviously, my priorities took a U-turn.

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Take Your Sweetheart To ACE For Valentine's Day

Posted by: ScottP in zipline canopy tour, romance, reservations, New River Gorge, Canopy Tour, Cabins, ACE Adventure Resort on Feb 9, 2010

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My Google Calendar is overloaded with things. Deadlines. Appointments.  The last thing I want to worry about is a made-up, fake holiday like Valentine's Day.

You will not see me going out and buying a Ground Hog's Day card.  To me, Ground Hog's Day is a movie, not an occasion. And Arbor Day.  Is it ironic to buy an Arbor Day card made of paper from a tree?  It totally challenges my newly discovered green attitude. We are killing trees to make cards made of trees for a fake holiday about trees. Confusing.

But I digress.  This is about February 14th, and how ACE has just what you need for this so-called holiday.

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More Bridge Walk Photos Of The New River Gorge

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in West Virginia, New River Gorge Bridge, New River Gorge, BridgeWalk, Bridge Walk on Feb 3, 2010

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Trish wrote a great Bridge Walk blog post about the jitters she got taking pictures out beneath the New River Gorge Bridge.

But it doesn't seem to show in her photos. Bridge Walk will be offering tours — the first of its kind here in West Virginia and the U.S. — this spring. Here are a few more images she took on that day:

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