RE: [Paddlewise] Newbie

From: <Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:01:31 -0500
> and 
> live in Poquoson, Virginia 
 bought a Dagger Cypress in August. 
> 
> I primarily paddle the creeks and marshes around here for 
> exercise and 
> picture taking. We have the Plum Tree Wildlife Refuge here 
> and literally 
> hundreds of miles of marsh and creek shoreline to explore. 
> It's a really 
> great place, 

Okay!  That's two of us from Poquoson now!  I met Dave at the put-in
near his home just after he bought his Dagger.  We've been trying to
hook-up and paddle, but due to my work, it hasn't happened yet  :-(  

Anyhow, welcome to P'Wise, Dave.  A great deal of what I've learned in
the past two years is a result of P'Wise threads.  It has been and will
continue to be a very valuable and fun forum for me, and I hope you will
experience the same.

By the way, Dave mentioned the many miles of creeks and marsh.....
"Poquoson" is an indian word meaning "Great Marsh".  We used to be an
island (just barely) until some of the creeks filled with sediment.
Consequently, Poquoson is a small (15,000 residents), isolated bastion
of "small town, USA"  surrounded by a region called "Hampton Roads" that
is home to about 1.2 million people.  Lots of neat places to explore if
you like protected water - just not at low tide (it's hard to do the
"gorilla walk" when the muck is elbow deep)! And once you've had enough
of Poquoson, there's still the whole Cheseapeake Bay and it's
tributaries! 

Rick - Poquoson, VA  

(air temps expected to reach a record high of 78 today, with water temps
in the mid 50's .... wishin I was retired too!!!!)  
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