Martin Marietta Park on Goose Creek
On an Indian summer warm day on October 29, Janet with her golden retriever Gracie and I paddled our canoe and kayak in Martin Marietta Park. We went from the canal to Goose Creek, and then on to the Neuse River. This was my second trip onto the Neuse River…
Rice Creek Down Stream
A couple of weeks earlier, Janet, her golden retriever Gracie and I had paddled Rice Creek near Wilmington, NC, going upstream first, as we are taught to do for safer logistics. That way, we can return to the takeout with the current in our favor. Then we don’t have to…
Spring Garden Landing paddle on the Neuse River
On the pleasant warm and sunny Sunday afternoon of October 8, Janet and I and her golden retriever Gracie went paddling near New Bern, in Craven County, on the Neuse River, from the Spring Garden landing maintained by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. Gracie loves the water and is prone…
Rice Creek Swamp Paddling
On the beautiful, warm, sunny early fall afternoon of Saturday, September 30, Jan and I drove to Rice Creek near Wilmington NC. We put in the water at the NC Wildlife Commission boat ramp for Rice Creek. The creek borders and wends through a swamp. We encountered only one tree…