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Article: A day on the river: This guide is every child's adventure hero, with his polarized sunglasses, explosive energy and relentless enthusiasm for discovery.
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- The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2007
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Byline: Lindsay Key
Aug. 19--A thick morning haze was lifting as a green sport-utility vehicle charged westward through the mountains in Giles County. Inside, the fruity scent of sunscreen penetrated the deep smell of river grit caked in the window cracks and floorboard.
Miriam Harshberger, 7, and her 9-year-old brother, Brendan, gazed sleepily out the back window beneath floppy fishermen's hats. They're still on L.A. time, remarked their grandmother, Kathleen Harshberger of Radford, a petite, blond woman with rosy cheeks and a soothing, lilting voice.
Kate Harshberger, the children's aunt, sat a row ahead of her mother. Dick Harshberger, their ...