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James River
Being from Richmond, we take our Malibu Kayaks out on the James all the time, for short trips and all-day trips when we can. At Old Dominion Kayaks, we decided in early summer 2009 to travel the length of the James to see and fish the entire river and see how well the Malibu kayaks hold up under the diverse conditions presented by a mountains to bay trip. The following is a mini-documentary of our trips from the headwaters in Iron Gate, VA to where the James meets the Chesapeake Bay at Fort Monroe, 340 miles later.
| Ancarrows' Landing to Deep Bottom | We've paddled several different sections of the river before, but... |
| Columbia to West View | We did this trip the day after we did Ancarrow's... |
| Irongate to Springwood | We decided on the larger boats because we had a... |
| Scottsville to Bremo Bluff | Scottsville to Hardware River WMA is supposed to be some... |
| Springwood to Snowden | To anyone taking out or launching at Springwood: You need... |
| Reedy Creek to Ancarrows' Landing | For this stretch of river, we went with the shortest... |
| Bremo Bluff to Columbia | It was a warm-ish spring day, and we were anxious... |
| Deep Bottom to Jordans' Point | By now we don't have to stop and think about... |
| Bent Creek to Howardsville | We already had this trip scheduled, so we decided to... |
| Pony Pasture to Reedy Creek | This is a great stretch of river to do in... |
| Warren to Scottsville | We had originally intended to do Howardsville to Scottsville this... |
| Lynchburg to Bent Creek | This stretch of river was one that we signed up... |
| Jordans' Point to Lawrence Lewis Jr Park | We were able to get one last trip in for... |
| Tylers' Beach to James River Bridge | At this point in the year, we had only been... |