<![CDATA[For Every Idea LLC - float-plans]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:53:39 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Potomac Above 5 ft]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 02:25:14 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/potomac-above-5-ft
2026
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Shuttle Plans
  1. Upper Yough Put-in (279 Maple Street)
    🌐 GPS: 39.662720, -79.409330
    Google Link (39°39'45.8"N 79°24'33.6"W) - google short code: MH7R+37M Friendsville, Maryland
    🍎Apple Link (39.66272° N, 79.40933° W)
  2. Upper Yough Take-out (Sang Run Rd)
    🌐 GPS: 39.570620, -79.402240
    ​Google Link (39°34'14.2"N 79°24'08.1"W) - google short code:  HHCX+64R Sang Run, Maryland
    🍎 Apple Link (39.57062° N, 79.40224° W)
]]><![CDATA[2023 Upper Gauley River]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:07:38 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/accelerated-improvement
In 2023, the Upper Gauley treated me well with a personal first descent and an epic 30 seconds of Panic Rolling on the fourth drop of a rapid called "lost paddle". Once I successfully rolled up (at 15:01 in the video), I had three of the best strokes in my paddling career.

It all began when I adjusted from panic to a class V boater with a sweep roll (smooth torso rotation) that gathered significantly more surface tension than the c-to-c rolls that work so well when you are on a lake, but not in aerated water.
...then the real paddling began
​-Boom Hot Take
In order to recover my line on this part of the rapid called "tumble home", I needed a forward brace and two draws strokes around a whirlpool and above a rock.

Panic Rolling

2023 event that changed my life forever.
I experienced 30 seconds of difficult water. This raw footage was accurately described as "terrifying".

If you don't have five (5) minutes to hear the AI documentary review. My Helmet cam footage (starting at the 14:39 timestamp) can be reviewed by pressing the "30 Second Video Review" link to my YouTube kayak footage.

AI confabulation

AI could not quite visualize what rolling in a class V rapid looks like, or even call is a class "five" rapid.  But they were really good at describing the four recovery strokes that I used to emerge from this rapid... after multiple ineffective panic roll attempts.

Personal, 4th descent of Lost Paddle

I was descending the final rapid of lost paddle, capsized by a strong eddy and failing to get upright. It was during this moment of supreme motivation that I decided that I would perform at my highest level of athleticism. After several failed attempts, I decided to execute the most effective 4 paddles strokes of my life with an onside sweep role, followed by an immediate forward brace, and two draw strokes around a potentially fatal swimming hazard.
]]><![CDATA[Gauley]]>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:08:44 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/gauley
Featured Descents

Google Docs
YouTube Playlist (2018, 2021)
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlE3ldb-J6KDCTaRtQyUHyRf_eBbA-ALU
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlE3ldb-J6KDWZKlFcoSWfjb15-EyEid0
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlE3ldb-J6KBPPLzy4cs4d2ZUEU5jN2xH
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlE3ldb-J6KBwAMmRUeA4KTSNfkHn8DAN
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Campground: Site 301 Mountain Lake (1898 Airport Rd, Summersville, WV 26651)
  • Google Map for Camp Ground: https://goo.gl/maps/CdEQiiLJELF3Y5VQ6
  • Site 301  GPS for Campsite (38.2381889,-80.8689028)

Arrival: Thursday 
  Departure: Sunday
Put-In: Gauley River National Recreation Area ()
  • 36 Fayette Station Rd, Victor, WV 25938
  • Google: https://goo.gl/maps/eY5znhgKQLJtXcRH7
Take-out: Lower Gauley River Take-Out at Swiss (1103 S Swiss Rd, Swiss, WV 26690)
  • Google: https://goo.gl/maps/SQ3KgeG4Wp37pgwY7
]]><![CDATA[Operation Ottawa]]>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:35:36 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/june-27th-2025Video Montage Version 05 - Set List 
  1. "Ride of the Valkyries" Wagner (0:00) 
  2. "You May Be Right" BillyJoel (4:37)  
  3. "Good Rats" Dropkick Murphys (8:16)  
  4. "Just What I Needed" The Cars (11:05) 
  5. "Summer Song" Joe Satriani (14:27)  
  6. "Patience" - Guns and Roses (18:50) 
  7. "I'm A Little Crazy" Morgan Wallen (24:00) 
  8. "You Should See Me In a Crown" Billie Eillish (27:23)  
  9. "World In My Eyes" Depeche Mode (30:02) 
  10. "Can You Get To That" Funkadelic (33:52)  
  11. "Memories" Maroon 5 (36:21)  
  12. "Eminence Front" The Who (39:09) 
  13. "Midnight City" M83 (44:23)  
  14. "Shine" Collective Soul (48:07) 
  15. "Riders on the Storm" The Doors (53:12) 
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Nice green highway down Coly
Follow this blog post as I add photos, captions, or little anecdotes from our float on the Ottawa.

The following links are to living cloud-based media platforms for images, montages, and raw GoPro footage.
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Video Lifecycle
Coming Soon! File-based media downloads for each camera. 
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Tony Cam - TonyCam.zip
Brian Cam -
Lea Cam - LeaCam.zip
​Boyd Cam - 
]]><![CDATA[Tohickon Creek]]>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:04:20 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/tohickon-creekRiver Level: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/01459500/
Weather
AWS: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-detail/1672/map

Shuttle Plans
  1. Ralph Stover Park Putin - 6011 State Park Rd, Pipersville, PA 18947
    GPS - 40.43504° N, 75.10009° W
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/42cMAGrjhWpnAN1MA?g_st=ic
    https://maps.apple.com/?address=6011%20State%20Park%20Rd,%20Pipersville,%20PA%20%2018947,%20United%20States&ll=40.435043,-75.100090&q=6011%20State%20Park%20Rd&t=h
  2. Quick takeout - 7685 Tohickon Hill Rd Pipersville, PA  18950
    GPS 40.42282° N, 75.06707° W
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/HVyg4qEPdQ1LidGQ6?g_st=ic
    https://maps.apple.com/?ll=40.422819,-75.067066&q=Dropped%20Pin&t=h
  3. Traditional Takeout 4735 River Rd New Hope, PA  18938
    GPS 40.41751° N, 75.06054° W
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ek1TLQyFCJZK7wFe9?g_st=ic
    https://maps.apple.com/?address=4735%20River%20Rd,%20New%20Hope,%20PA%20%2018938,%20United%20States&auid=13925492691515253921&ll=40.417534,-75.060646&lsp=9902&q=Towpath%20and%20River%20Access%20Parking&t=h
]]><![CDATA[Potomac]]>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 02:10:40 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/potomacriver level: water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=brkm2&wfo=lwx
weather: 

Shuttle Plans

  1. Mathers Gorge
    primary location - Great Falls, MD
     GPS Coordinates: 39°00'06.3"N 77°14'50.4"W
     GPS Pins: google link (    2Q23+R4); apple link (39.0017528,-77.2473185)

    secondary location - Great Falls, MD
     GPS Coordinates: 38°59'37.3"N 77°15'17.6"W
     GPS Pins: google link (    XPVW+C3); apple link (38.9936996,-77.2548822)
  2. Anglers
     GPS Coordinated: 38°58'55.7"N 77°13'37.6"W
     GPS Pins: Google Link (XQJF+V52), Apple Link (38.9821378,-77.2271015)
  3. Carderock
     GPS Coordinates: 38°58'16.5"N 77°12'02.6"W
     GPS Pins: Google Link (XRC2+GH), Apple Link (38.9712546,-77.2007295)

  4. Little Falls - MD
    primary location

    secondary location
]]><![CDATA[Jim's Spring Trip]]>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:43:17 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/jims-spring-tripDates: May 30 through June 2nd

Float Plans
​Camping Plans: Hammers Hideaway Campground
Campsite Address: 13431 TN HWY 68 Tellico Plains, TN
  • GPS: 
  • Google Link (6MF9+89) Apple Link (35.2232965,-84.334104)
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]]><![CDATA[Ocoee]]>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:27:00 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/ocoee
Jim's Spring Trip
river level: Normal summertime releases on the Lower Ocoee are 1250 cfs
​weather: ​forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.0406&lon=-84.4672
middle ocoee put-in

Shuttle Plans

  1. Middle Ocoee Put-in
    GPS: 
    Google Link (3GM5+696), Apple Link (35.0406552,-84.4672742)
  2. Middle Ocoee Take-out
    GPS
    ​Google Link (), Apple Link ()
Other Resources
]]><![CDATA[Telico]]>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:16:28 GMThttps://www.foreveryidea.com/float-plans/telico
Jim's Spring Trip
​River Level: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=tlrt1&wfo=mrx​
Weather Forecast: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.3275125&lon=-84.1763281​
Upper Telico Put-in

Shuttle Plans

  1. Telico PutIn - Above Bald River
    GPS Coordinates
    Google Link (8RHF+2F3), Apple Link (35.3275125,-84.1763281)
  2. Telico - Putin - below Jared's Knee
    GPS Coordinates
    Google Link (8RCJ+XM7),  Apple Link (35.3224167,-84.1683333)
  3. Telico Takeout
    GPS Coordinate
    Google Link (8RCJ+VR8) , Apple Link (35.3221667,-84.1679167)
American WhitewaterOther Resources
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