12 Students...28 Days...340 Miles...One Vision for a Healthy River

It’s Chesapeake Bay or bust.
Glass students paddle their way to Bay, make Lynchburg stop

James River Expedition - photo courtesy of James River Association

Three teenagers and one teacher from Lynchburg suffered everything from heat rash to hail in the first six days of a month-long, 340-mile journey down the James River.

On Friday, their trip from the headwaters near Clifton Forge brought them paddling by downtown Lynchburg, where they stopped for a couple of hours along with nine other expedition students and their teachers, all from schools in the James River watershed.

It was close to home and yet still far away. E.C. Glass senior Derrick White fantasized about a night of television and air conditioning, while fellow senior Jessie Kincaid surprised her father with a new insight — her ability to live without her cell phone.

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