Archive for May 2007
Well the whole KayakVB thing started just about a year and a half ago, when I decided to start keeping track of my kayak trips for family and friends back in San Diego. The first trip I posted was a New Years Day trip out to Lake Drummond, in Chesapeake. I still remember that trip, it was a beautiful day, a little crisp in the morning, but warming up to the mid 60′s by the afternoon. There was no wind, and the lake was like glass.
If the weather cooperates this weekend, I may do the trip this Saturday in honor of my 100th trip.
Lake Drummond in January
I just looked at my trip reports, and realized that it has been 2 years since I have been out there..
Lake Drummond in May
I knew I was running low on battery power for the camera, but when I got home and was getting ready to download from the camera, it wouldn’t turn on, the battery was completely dead… So it will take a couple of hours for the battery to charge, and then I will upload them to the web…
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Milldam Creek
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We did short trip on Milldam Creek today, got a late start.
This was the first time I/we launched from the bridge. The rocks are a bit loose in places so watch your step. This is technically a roadside launch, parking is very limited, not much clearance from the road, and about 60 yards or so to the bridge.
This is from the parking to the launch
Rocks at the launch
For full details and pictures see KayakVB.com
I really had to take it easy yesterday, after falling on Friday, and 6 Miles on Saturday, and pain Saturday Night, relaxing on Sunday was the right thing to do…
I guess I jynxed myself, because shorlty after my last post, it seems everyone decided that the Northwest River was the place to be…
A bunch of power boats, anjets skis were cruisong the river…
All in all not a bad trip, 6.2 miles…
I’ll have all the pictures up at KayakVB soon
It was a nice paddel down Smiths Creek, I made it to the Northwest river. A couple of fishermen on the creek, but not much else. Almost no traffic on the river, strange for the first weekend of summer.
A lot more wind on the river then the creek, but not bad…
I think I took way to many pictures of Iris’s again, but they are only here for a ciuple weeks…
I think I may have worked out some of the issuses with the camers, but I won’t know for sure until I upload them…
Trying out something new today, so we’ll see how it works…
I set up remote capabilities to post…
Getting ready to head out from Smiths Creek, in Chesapeake. Looks like a couple of others are already out on the water, not sure if they are kayakers or boaters. Passed by Doizer Bridge, North Landing River, and Pocaty River and those spots were empty, seems like a waste of a good day.
Water levels look good and the wind doesn’t seem to bad…
I’ll post more in a bit when I’m on the river if conditions permit…
So today I was was taking an entirely boring trip on the Albermarle and Chesapeake Canal, and after spotting and picking up the third empty floating Pepsi bottle in about a quarter mile.
I was pondering the following questions
- Do other people gather the garbage as they pass by kayaking?
- Will/Do they go out of their way to pick something out of the water?
- Do they/you see a trend in the trash collected? (Budweiser Bottles and Cans is on the top of list for me, Pepsi #2)
- Where do they draw the line at grossness?
Trash gathered on a kayak trip…
Trash gathered the next day on the same creek
Well it was a little to windy, and all the river gages were looking on the low side, so I blew off making a trip, and took Nick to the Wild River Outfitters Demo Day.
Not to crowded
Nick got to try out what may be his new boat.
Rest of the story and pictures at kayakvb.com
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Horn Point Facility Open
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Yeah I am way behind on this, as the site has been open for the season for about a month.
The Back Bay NWR Horn Point Canoe and Kayak launch facility hass reopened for the season. There have been no upgrades to the facility over the winter, but I guess the biggest thing to note is that the sandbar at the end of the channel has grown, and about the only time the ramp is usable is when the water level is fairly high.
Here is a picture of the Horn Point Sandbar for reference.
And here is what the ramp looks like at this water level
