It’s Thursday. One of my readers is heading to New River near Fayetteville this weekend for a whitewater rafting trip and asked me to put in a good word for warm weather. Normally I’d be happy to help—but Mother Nature and I have a long, complicated history. She seems to treat my weather requests like spam email and routinely sends me cold, miserable conditions out of pure spite.

So this time, I’m changing strategies. Instead of asking for sunshine and perfect rafting weather, I’m officially requesting freezing rain, gale-force winds, and just enough gloom to drown out any possibility of a good time. A little reverse psychology never hurt anyone, right? We’ll see if Mother Nature falls for it.

Or… there’s the possibility that she sees right through my ruse and doubles down on her ongoing campaign against me. Oh shit.

-keep

Keep, I have been a fan of yours from the beginnings with dial up Internet connections. I read your comment about the weather warming up. I would appreciate it if you would say a few words of encouragement to the weatherman that we get warmer weather during this next week and weekend. I have plans to Whitewater raft down the New River in Fayetteville, West Virginia on Saturday, May 2. The current weather forecast for Fayetteville is 75% chance of rain with a high of 50°. What a way to start off a summer of fun in the water I would just like to see the weather cooperate a little more. This will be my fifth time Whitewater rafting. I love the water, so this is very enjoyable for me.

Anonymous

This is the famous new river bridge. It stands 878 feet above the river below.