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Get Together With The Girls At ACE

Posted by: Alyson Smith in Zip Line Canopy Tour, Whitewater Rafting, West Virginia, Mountain Biking, hiking trails, Hiking, groups, getaway, friends, ATV Tour, ACE Adventure Resort on Jun 24, 2010

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Recently I guided a Big Water Canyon Overnight on the New River and there were two separate bachelor parties enjoying the trip. It got me thinking; where are the girls vacationing this summer?

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the guys’ antics, but I think I could relate to a girl gang a little better. And if “Sex and the City” has taught us anything, we need to celebrate our girlfriends more than ever!

Guest Post: Even Armenia and Kazakhstan Love ACE

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in zipline canopy tour, White Water Rafting, West Virginia, Upper Gauley, River Guides, New River Gorge, Mountain Biking, Memories, Lower New River, Guides, groups, Gauley River, friends, Family Vacations, Extreme Whitewater Rafting, Adventure Vacations, activities, ACE Adventure Resort, ACE on May 23, 2009

Hey, to all those who are looking for the adventure of a lifetime and ways to spend great time with friends and family: You found it. ACE is the place to be.

My sisters and I have been around the globe and found bliss at ACE. Biking, canopy, climbing, duckies and rafting, rafting, rafting! Did I mention rafting?

We have been loyal customers going on our third season, and as Susan Mitchell (one of the best guides on the river) says, we are senior rafters. We go rafting 30 trips a year.

What brings us back besides the majestic Gauley River, the best time ever, and exciting vacation?

Bring On The Summer Season!

Posted by: Lenore in Whitewater Rafting, White Water Rafting, River Guides, Reunions, Party, Memories, Guides, friends, Family Vacations, family, ACE Adventure Resort, ACE on May 21, 2009

ACE Adventure Resort is open year round, and we average 40 year-round employees who keep the place going.

Even in the winter we have cabins to clean, buildings and vehicles to repair and new projects to undertake, like our newly expanded beach and remodeled women’s shower house.

But that’s a far cry from the 350-some employees we have “in season.”

Velour Track Suits, Jitterbugs, and the Canopy Tour — The Golden Girls attack The Gorge

Posted by: ScottP in zipline canopy tour, teambuilding, seniors, friends, fears, challenge on May 10, 2009

Golden girls canopy tours

Should age be an issue when coming to ACE? Can you be too old for anything?

Last summer, my mother and her posse of friends decided they wanted to do the Zipline Canopy Tour. An estrogen filled "Bucket List," if you will.

They are in their late 50s/early 60s and not the most athletic bunch. They are not your typical retirees wearing neon pink velour track suits, walking laps at the mall. You will not see them on their scooters talking on their Jitterbug phones any time soon. They all go to church together. They are a fun bunch, but I was unsure of the impetus for this decision. Maybe it was divine inspiration, so I just went with it.

Our genetic makeup does not contain the athletic gene, so I approached this trip with skepticism and a bit of sarcasm. Ma Perdue does not get dirty. She does not sweat. She is not an active person. She enjoys looking at nature but not being involved in nature.

The ladies were a mixture of body types. Some thicker. Some thinner. A pretty good cross-section of who could do this trip.

We met our guide, Phil, at the Climbing Barn to gear up. To do this activity, you have to wear a full body harness. There were straps going everywhere. They were more concerned about being cute than being safe. Mom's harness was making her pants ride into her crotch - a very uncomfortable mother/son moment, possibly a Lifetime TV movie in the making. Sheila put the helmet on backwards. Natalie was a nervous wreck. And Ruth wanted photo documentation of it all.

We go to the first line. We hike down. That alone was hilarious. I was overly concerned about them. I didn't want anyone to fall and break a hip. It was like watching a newborn bobble while taking his first steps and waiting for him to fall.

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