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What is your local day paddle?
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Somerset Reservoir’s quite nice, too bad there’s no camping (on the reservoir). How’s Whitingham?
Somerset would be a great place for camping, especially the northern end. I haven't paddled Sadawga Lake or Harriman Reservoir yet but friends say they're worth the drive. We're closer to Rutland. We canoe Chittenden Reservoir, Glen Lake, Lake Hortonia and Otter Creek on a regular basis. Poultney River is nice.
I hear good things about Chittenden Res, I hope to get down there this season.
As my pup progresses with his canoe training we find more challenging water to work in. Yesterday our local paddle was the Wisconsin River. We explored a sandbar and some thick timber along the backwaters.
Coffee break spot on Rice Creek, NC. I bring along a 1 pint thermos of coffee and some where after the mid point of the paddle I’ll pour myself a mug to sip on the way home.
That sounds like a lovely ritual.
Jim
Jim
New Hampshire's Grafton Pond is about 30 minutes from my house. Often a packed parking lot on weekends, during the week it is largely empty. 319 acres, with two houses along the shoreline and the rest undeveloped. No motors. Went with my wife on Monday.
Out for a dawn paddle on the Waccamaw River, NC.
Coffee break spot on the return home.
Coffee break spot on the return home.
The bottom section of the Housatonic. It's just on the other side of town. This stretch is about 12 miles from Long Island Sound up to the first dam in Derby and it is tidal for that full distance. I spend most of my time in the lower half, especially in the excellent Wheeler Marsh Wildlife Management Area, which is a low salt marsh (it has the tall spartina - cord grass). At mid to high tide all of the internal channels can be paddled. At low tide, the bottom end of the marsh goes to mud flat - and it's best not to get caught in there - you can't circle the marsh at low tide. There is a state boat ramp under I95 on the Milford side, and a rougher refuge launch in the marsh, also on the Milford side. The refuge launch is usable mid-high tide only. Tidal currents (both flood and ebb) run at 3-4 mph between the marsh and the I95 ramp. Hugging the Milford side where there are eddies and slack water is the best way to beat an opposing current. The marsh is an important stopover for migrating birds and a key feeding spot for Egrets and Night Herons that nest nearby. During spring and early summer, the bird life will constantly change as different species migrate through. And, there are lots of terrapins and an occasional coyote. The photos are from this May. It is not hard at all to spend 2 hours wandering around in the marsh.
Upstream from I95 is nice open river paddling, particularly on the west side of the river where there is a series of marsh islands.
Upstream from I95 is nice open river paddling, particularly on the west side of the river where there is a series of marsh islands.
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