Today’s Paddle

Brownski · Jul 23, 2020

Me and the boys messed around on a couple of borrowed SUPs today. One of them was missing it’s fin. We could definitely tell the difference.

Danger boy had fun too

Campgottagopee · Jul 26, 2020

Man I wish I dared to bring my phone while kayaking. Yesterday my wife and I floated a tioughnioga, saw 2 bald eagles and had 3 king Fischer's just out in front of us for quite sometime.

Going again today, maybe I'll try and find a water proof case for my phone.

Brownski · Aug 16, 2020

Piermont Marsh and Sparkill Creek today, just a quickie....
High Tide; made for almost a dock entry since the whole launch area was full of water

I could see the water still flowing in as I paddled around some S-turns on my way to the Hudson.

I spent most of my time poking around in the marsh today. The difference between the Hudson and the sheltered areas is remarkable. The high water let me get further into the weeds then normal but I still ran out of canal here and there.

It was tight squeezing under the bridges to get back into Sparkill Creek but I made it.

The houses are so close to the water here that I feel like I’m intruding on peoples’ privacy at times but hey, navigable waterways and all that. Greatest canoe rack ever?

Hammock stoke

It gets a bit narrow up here

Then the big payoff

As I made my way out,I realized the water was high enough that I could take out between the two bridges and save myself some kayak-lugging. It took a couple tries to build up enough speed to get my bow far enough up the grass to pull myself up. Fun.