Archive for June 2007
I don’t think I’ll be doing any trips this weekend…
My Daughter graduates High School today, and I have family in town, etc…
Looking at the gages, the water loo0ks a little on the low side, but navigable. The weather looks like it is going to ok, with a slight chance of T-Storms in the afternoon. Tomorrow (Sunday) looks like a real good day, except a little on the hot side with temps in the low 90’s and light winds out of the North..
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The Chesapeake
0 Comments | Posted by paul in Kayaking, Launch Site Info, Launch Site Updates
Today I took the opportunity of a family trip to Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, to take my first trip on the Chesapeake Bay. I paddled from Cape Charles to Kiptopeke State Park, you can read the whole story here. I paddled around the concrete ships that make up the breakwater for the old ferry landing.
I also added 2 new launch sites, the Cape Charles Beach information is here.
And the Kiptopeke State Park information is here.
All in all it was a pretty good day, and I have a few ideas for other trips on the Chesapeake, and Eastern Shore.
Ok once again my inbound email is broken, I can send, but all inbound email is bouncing.
So if you have sent me an email Friday evening and received a message that the account does not exist it is on my end, not yours…
The email will hopefully be back up soon…
3:45 Email is operational
Well the weather isn’t looking real cooperative for Saturday, Thunder Storms and Showers before 1PM. I am not a big fan of kayaking on a body of water carrying what is essentially an 8 foot Lightning rod…
Sunday looks real promising Temps in the mid to upper 70′, with 10 to 12 MPH of wind out of the North…
It has been just over 2 years since my last trip to Lake Drummond, and it was nice to see that the new Route 17 had opened, and the City of Chesapeake came up with a great idea of the old route 17. They have converted the majority of the old road into a linear park, paralleling the Dismal Swamp Canal. The trail is intended to support a myriad of activities, and is open from sunrise to sunset. I can’t remember of this is my 5th or 6th trip out here, but all the other times I have launched here, I was usually the only one in the parking lot, maybe one other car/truck in the lot, but today the were about 15 to 20 cars in the lot, and there were also plenty of people on bikes on the trail, coming down from the north end of the trail.
Click on the image for more information on the DSCT
Today I completed my 100th trip on KayakVB.com. Lake Drummond is still beautiful.
Cypress trees on Lake Drummond, Chesapeake Virginia.
Lake Drummond shoreline
I just thought that I would mention that the Back Bay Restoration Foundation’s Flyway Feast is coming up in a couple of weeks, sounds like a good time and it supports bringing Back Bay, back to its former glory. Or you may just want to join the Back Bay Restoration Foundation (BBRF), just click the poster for more information on the event, and membership.
