Canoe and Kayak Logistics
For the last week, September 14 through 20, Jan and I engaged in multiple paddle logistics activities. After one and a half years in New Bern and trading five boats, I have settled on a 15-foot solo/tandem canoe; and a 16.5-foot ocean-going kayak. Both can carry enough gear for multi-day…
Swift Creek at Cool Springs
On the warm day of June 24, 2023, I accompanied the Twin Rivers Paddle Club, of which I am a member, on a leisurely paddle trip on Swift Creek near Cool Springs, NC. The weather was alternately sunny and high clouds. We put in at the NC Wildlife Resources Commission…
Fishing on Brice Creek
Fishing on Brice Creek Notice the caption does not say “catching.” Those are two different things. Also, the photographs do not show fish flopping on the dock. That’s because I had no clue what I was doing. On the warm, sunny afternoon of May 18, I went fishing in Brice…
Lawson Creek at Trent River
On May 14 in warm temperatures, but under a cloudy and rain-threatening sky, I engaged in another paddling trip in my sit-on-top kayak. I put in the water at the dock behind the Town of New Bern Recreation Department office beside Lawson Park. My trip took me down Lawson Creek…