My Suburban Escapes
Day Trippin' in Lower NY. Get Out In It.
Category: Kayaking
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For many a moon I have shared my adventures here, but only the successes. As in social media, the losses are usually left out. There have indeed been many failed excursions. When things go wrong (and they do), you should laugh it off, learn what you can and spin a good tale about it. I…
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Pure joy for me is throwing my kayak, boots and hiking sticks in my car and hitting the open road in autumn with just the slightest suggestion of a destination in mind. You really can’t go wrong when bathed in gold and red with a cool breeze coming through the car windows and the butt…
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In 2015, I had the privilege of helping kick off a summer program for teens with the Friends of Rye Nature Center which we named Paddle Adventure Camp (PAC). It has shaped my adult summers in the manner that sleepaway camp shapes kids. I never imagined I would be doing it this long, never thought…
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A swamp without alligators or water moccasins is a real treat for a displaced swamp rat like myself. When mosquitos are the biggest threat to your adventure, you can relax and enjoy the paddle. “Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better,” said Albert Einstein. To see things from the point of view…
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One of the prettiest little rivers in the county, the Croton, packs a surprising whallop: it supplies 10 percent of New York City’s 1 billion gallon a day usage. Like the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg, “Though she be but little, she is fierce!” First dammed in 1842, the Croton was tapped again and again as…
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George Washington launched the Delaware into our national lexicon by crossing it on Christmas night 1776 to attack the Hessian troops occupying Trenton, NJ, turning the tide of the American Revolution. He was on the lower Delaware, the tidal portion which flows past Philadelphia and Trenton, Camden and Wilmington. The landscape changes dramatically from lower…
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