Waterway Stewards

2008-07-30 Courthouse Bay. An angry mother osprey. There are two huge nests close to the marina where we launched our boats.

Two smiling young ladies who joined us today.

Mama took off.

Amber trashing in the marsh grasses where high tide and winds leave the litter discarded by WHO?

Kaira up the creek off a little bay off Court [...]

This is the marina in Court House Bay where we launched our canoes and kayaks. It is on the inside of Harveys Point protected from the large open waters of the New River. It has a ramp, rest rooms, good parking and there is a gazebo and picnic tables at the point in a beautiful setting. [...]

2008-07-16 Ellis Bay, Camp Lejeune. This view is looking south down Ellis Creek toward Ellis Bay.
This picture was taken from where we launched our canoes and kayaks from the end of a dirt roadoff of Route 172 in Section AB

Please read this sign carefully. This is not a polluted area. In fact it is just the [...]

Here we are at the Rte 172 high rise bridge over the New River, in Camp Lejeune. Al Morris is already in the water with his kayak and his home made paddle of western red cedar. It is beautiful and light and very efficient. It seems like he glides forever with one [...]

Weil Pt on Frenchs Creek to Rt 172 Sneads Ferry Bridge

Come with us by these pictures and enjoy this great river as we did today.

This is a wide open section of the New River. It makes for very difficult paddling in strong winds. We were very fortunate today. We started [...]