I decided to start Sunday morning with some hiking and save the paddling for later in the afternoon. I overheard some folks mentioning The Precipice and had seen the trail head as I was driving the Loop Road. As I was to later discover, The Precipice is one of Acadia’s most well-known trails. In fact,
Friday morning was bright and sunny so I decided to paddle Eagle Lake. I had checked out the launch site the day before and although there isn’t much parking, it looked like a pretty nice place. Getting there early, I was able to unload the kayak at the water’s edge and still park at the
Based on the advice from the folks at Aquaterra Adventures, I headed up to Hadley Point for a little paddling. Hadley Point has a nice, large launch site with plenty of parking which, incidentally, I had entirely to myself. The weather was cool, calm, and mostly overcast. Hadley Point is at the northern-most edge of
A nagging neck injury and a series of weekend obligations have kept me on a short leash this summer but thanks to some good chiropractic care and a break in other obligations, I found myself with an opportunity to hit the road. Originally looking at heading down to Southport and doing some kayaking in the
My 2008 kayaking sort of picked up where it left off in 2007 – on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I wanted to try to get down to Ocracoke before the tourists and the mosquitoes. Well, we beat the tourists but apparently you can’t outrun the mosquitoes. The NPS campground at Ocracoke wasn’t too