"First Rays of Light Illuminating the Youghiogheny".
The Youghiogheny River starts in Maryland and flows north, into Pennsylvania, where eventually it empties into the Monongahela River, which in turn joins the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. The Youghiogheny flows through some remote wilderness country, and it boasts a good number of rapids that have made it a very popular river in the northeast to whitewater boaters (kayakers, canoeists, and annoying people in rafts).
The river's most distinctive feature comes at the town of Ohipyle, PA. Here, the river bends sharply and then sharply again, making a feature called "The Loop":
In this short stretch of river are four or five individual rapids, and it is common practice for boaters to "put in" at the top of The Loop, "take out" at the bottom, and then hike back to the start and do it all over again.
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