We launched our canoes ans kayaks and one motorboat at the Wildlife ramp at
the end of Front St on Taylor’s Creek at Lenoxville, The trip was planned to be
at the high tide cycle for ease in retrieving trash which comes to rest at the
high tide lineup in the marshes.
the end of Front St on Taylor’s Creek at Lenoxville, The trip was planned to be
at the high tide cycle for ease in retrieving trash which comes to rest at the
high tide lineup in the marshes.
It requires getting out of our boats and walking in the marsh grass to find the
man made trash and litter. It is blown in here from the Morehead Channel by
the prevailing Southwest winds.
Boaters could reduce this litter tremendously by securing it in their boats and
preventing it from blowing out or bouncing out in the rough waters of the inlet.
Below is Dale Weston from Jacksonville int the rear and Jim Morris from
Morehead City cleaning up the shoreline.
Bob Stokes from New Bern took these six pictures. This is the skeleton remains
of a shorebird.
of a shorebird.
This one of the many horses on Carrot Island.
Dale again out in the wide open waters. That in Schackleford Banks
in the distance.
in the distance.
A group of shore birds on a grassy spit.
Thus is another horse in the distance. Two came galloping
along a horse trail between Dale and me. Very close!
Thanks for the fine pictures, Bob.
And thanks to Leo Schmidt who came with his motorboat
carried our trash for us.
Scott Brown and Elmer Eddy were the other members on
this trip on this gorgeous day.
More to follow soon. Elmer