Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA (Teaser Version)

Looking West

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When your hobby is depending on the weather condition it could be frustrating. Today is such a gorgeous day, sunny, cool and breezy with bright blue sky and white cloud.

T_T

But we got too much water from the rain early this week so we were not allowed to be in the river.

Isn't that sad ? The river, the boats, the paddles, PFDs were right there in front of me. Oh and a snake too.

But safety comes first. I suggest call the park before you come in. :)

Anyway, I took a Rental Classification class with Riverbend Park today because Riverbend Park allows only people who participate their class or tour to rent their boats (kayaks, canoes or row boats). Since I don't own a boat, I'll do anything to be able to rent a boat. ha ha.

Canoes and row boats

Sit-on-top kayaks (Regular ones are also available.)

This was supposed to be a 30-minute class but the instructor was kind enough to extend it to over an hour just to make sure he covered the topics as much as he could since we couldn't go into water we just had class on land. (Warning: I don't recommend you to learn how to paddle just by mocking like this on land. You should to be on and in the water, feel it, work yourself around it and try to get into trouble as much as you can when your instructor is with you.)

Honestly I took two 6-hour kayak classes and still learnt new things.

After you finish this $26 class you will get a two-year rental certification signed by your instructor and a free half-day rental for this year.

You can find a rental rate from here. (Half-day rental for a single kayak is only $15!)

Looking East

In case you don't know much about this park like me Riverbend Park belongs to Fairfax County. There are trails connecting to Great Falls and I was told that it connects to the Occoquan River as well. (Search Fairfax Cross-County Trail.) I was also told that the parking is free unlike Great Falls. Oops, we'd better support the parks, right ?

My water shoes were little dry today.

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Have a happy and safe paddling.