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Registration opens for Dragon Run paddle trips

Registration for fall Dragon Run paddle trips will open at 9 a.m. Thursday, September 1. The paddle trips are conducted by Friends of Dragon Run (FODR), weather permitting.

The fall paddle season on Dragon Run will begin on October 20 and end November 1. Trips will be conducted every day. Each trip will accommodate eight guests. 

Paddle trips will begin and end at Big Island, a FODR property in King and Queen County. This is a round trip paddle, and the upstream paddling may be strenuous at times. Individuals must be vaccinated to participate in one of the paddle trips.

“Fall is an especially beautiful time on the Dragon, with the leaves changing color, the bald cypress turning a cinnamon color, and the silky dogwoods and winterberry bushes attracting migrating and resident birds with their berries,” said president Jeff Wright….

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