Majed Sighting at Leesylvania State Park

Hey Rats and Rat Wannabes! Sunday, May 31 was our first trip to Leesylvania State Park. The park is nice, but I gotta tell ya, the launch site is pretty dismal - including the snakes and doofy park rangers. The good news is it's within a biscuit toss from Tim's River Shore where Josh, Brent and I stopped for some seafood and refreshing libations. Before that, though, we paddled under the train bridge, wound through the lily pads and meandered down a long creek until the water got too shallow to navigate. It looked a lot like Pohick, but the creek wasn't as fun. Anyone with a boat longer than 12 feet, may have had a problem turning around, too.

Meanwhile, back at the boat landing, we spied a suspicious yellow kayak atop a tan car. It was our long lost Majed who had arrived late and never found us in the water. It was so great to have him join us (sort of) for his first paddle of the season. Welcome Back Majed! We've missed you!

I'm cooking up plans for next week's paddle - stay tuned.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Belle Haven Power Paddle

The Chief Rat's 1st Post!!!

Hey Gang!  Jess, the Chief Rat, here.  A lot of you were tied up this weekend, so I didn’t plan a formal trip.  Instead, I just planned to do a power paddle at Belle Haven just by myself.  Well, Shawn and Brent got wind of this and joined me, and what a workout! We paddled upstream to the Airport Marina (5 or 6 miles) in less than 2 hours, hung out at the marina for a while, then paddled back downstream – but against a SERIOUS headwind that stirred up a nasty chop – in less than an hour.
We were haulin’!  Shawn set a grueling pace, and Brent and I paddled happily behind like little ducklings.  OH! And I just have to mention – ladies – you should have seen the guy we spied at the marina after the paddle.  Drool, drool!   Most perfect specimen of a man – BAR NONE.  Even Shawn and Brent took a double take (I took about 40 takes!) Wow!  This is what you miss when you don’t join the rest of the Rats! Ahem.  Sorry, got stuck in a daydream for a minute.
I’m still cooking up a plan for next weekend.  Sunday looks like the best weather day, but it’s still kinda early.  I’d like to try a new place, but if we need to rent kayaks we are limited to where we’ve been before or go further afield like Annapolis, Pax River, or Colonial Beach....

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