Voice of the Rivers (VOR) is an expedition-based program focused on the interdisciplinary study of a river from its source to its end. Student team members paddle the river and earn six hours of college credit while taking two academic courses and interacting with a variety of leaders and program managers that support the river, media organizations and conservation groups. This summer Brevard College is once again sponsoring the Voice of the Rivers program. From May 15th-June 2nd thirteen Brevard College students and two faculty members will follow the Rappahannock River from the Blue Ridge Mountains near Front Royal, Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay at Deltaville, Virginia. The VOR Team will travel approximately 184 miles by foot, canoe and sea-kayak with primitive camping each night. VOR students—whose majors include Art, Religious Studies, Environmental Science, Exercise Science, Psychology, Business and Organizational Leadership and Wilderness Leadership and Experiential Education—will post daily journal entries, photos and videos of their travels and experiences online using Facebook, blogs and the Brevard College Web site. Expedition faculty leaders are Dr. John Buford and Dr. Resa Chandler.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Day 4 - by Michael

This morning we left the lap of luxury that is the Four Winds campground, and headed down river with our conveniently balanced system of sea kayaks.  The current is moving swiftly and it did not take us long to complete the 8 mile journey to our next campsite at the “Friends of the Rappahannock.”  Little to anyone’s surprise...it rained again; and the group is doing well to thrive in these less than ideal situations.  This afternoon the sun decided to poke its head out of a cloud for seemingly the first time and warm us up for about 30 minutes.  We set up camp next to a vast and newly planted corn field and cooked dinner.  Once again more rain met us accompanied by thunder and lightning which forced us into the vans to eat.  After the short lived storm, we were able to sit around a fire and renew our spirits by cooking marshmallows and making smores to put a nice ending to an eventful day.  The first three days of this trip have provided excitement in one way or another; I am eager to continue and learn more about a truly historic river.
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