I decided to kick off the weekend a bit early and do a little paddling Friday afternoon. I also wanted to check out another Back Bay launch site so I headed down to the Princess Anne Wildlife Management Area. It’s a nice site, plenty of parking, with about a 3/4 mile canal out to the
Although I really needed to get some more miles on the bike, I was in the mood for paddling. And after 14 miles of Lake Drummond, I was also ready for something a bit less “glassy”. I decided to head down to the Outer Banks so I pulled out my copy of Pam Malec’s “Guide
I’d been looking forward to paddling Lake Drummond ever since I cycled the Washington Ditch back in July. This wound up being my longest trip by almost double. I had intended to simply paddle the length of the Feeder Ditch, take a quick peek into the lake and then come back to the Reservation and
I was meeting a few friends in Chase City for a Skeet tournament on Sunday so that give me a good excuse to head down to Kerr Lake a couple of days early for a little camping and paddling. Plus, I had a new kayak to try out – a Wilderness Systems Tsunami 140. Based
Not knowing what the 4th of July weekend would be like, I decided to get out early Sunday morning and head down to Back Bay. One of the launch sites is only about 15 miles from the house, so I was on the water by 9AM. Nice and quiet – even for a holiday weekend.