Navigation Challenge
Navigation Challenge Since joining the Boy Scouts at age 11 years, I have been trained to be prepared. For most of the intervening 61 years, when I took an outdoor trip that involved moving across water or terrain, such as canoeing or backpacking, being prepared included knowing where I had…
Greenfield Park Lake with Alligators and Egret
After most of the week’s fairly cool mornings and blazing hot afternoons, Janet Smith and I [Bob Laney] needed a paddling fix. In the late morning of Saturday, August 31, we tried to access Badley Creek. We saw advertised in a year-old Wilmington tourist magazine a new Bradley Park with…
Carrot Island and Horse Island
The Twin Rivers Paddle Club on August 21 paddled from Beaufort’s Fisherman’s Park into Taylor Creek. Then we crossed the Creek to Carrot Island and Horse Island, part of the Rachel Carson Preserve. The time and location were based on tide researched done by Club Vice President Carolyn Borgert. The…
Family Paddle on Smith Creek Lake
After a couple of weeks of bad weather from excessive heat, combined with excessive rain from Tropical Storm Debbie, on August 14 Janet and I were itching to go on another kayak paddle. We were compelled to avoid the creeks and rivers due to flood conditions and the associated dangers,…