West Virginia "kayaking" West Virginia paddling during the week of October 12, 2008 I did some paddling on Cheat Lake on October 12 2008. It was a beautiful warm day but there is no good access to this lake. It is mostly private property. I am not aware of any state access. There were also too many motor boats to allow a really pleasant paddle. On October 13 I did North Bend Lake. This was a much nicer place to paddle. I don’t know if there are 2 or 3 public accesses but the one I put in at was good. One motor boat went by me. There are lots of dead trees. It was a nice trip. On October 14 I went to Ohiopyle. That was quite a site looking at the falls there. They say there are occasional days where people go over the falls. Not me!! I asked about doing a trip on the Middle Yough but there were no trips going. They seemed to be pretty much closing down for the winter. I guess it gets too cold for other people before it gets too cold for me. I went up to the lake. I thought that would be no problem but it was almost empty and really looked ugly so I didn’t do any paddling today. On October 15 I went to Tygart Lake. It had been drained also and looked ugly. I decided to try Valley Falls State Park. That was nice but unfortunately a quarter mile walk to the lake. I could not take my boat that far to put in. There were some scenic falls there also. I went to Bull Run and down a long rough road along the edge of a cliff. If I had known how bad the road was I would not have gone there. I eventually got to a bridge across the Cheat River. It was a rusty old bridge with a wooden deck. It was about 80 feet down to the water and the bridge did not look like it could hold the 3 tons the sign said was the limit. I would have had to drive across the bridge to get to where I could put my boat in and paddle around some. I some guy came down in a 4 wheeler. I asked him how the road was going out the other way. He said it was much worse than the way I came in so I just took some pictures and went back the way I came. No kayaking today even though it was such a beautiful warm day. I think the bridge it called Jenkinsburg Bridge. October 16 2008. Kayak destroyed! No more Tarpon 120!