RE: [Paddlewise] Newbie

Hi Rick,
Poquoson rule #1 - never go up any creek on an ebb tide. :--) Serious stuff.

Rick does not exaggerate about the mud around here. I wonder how many lost 
adventurers rip out there. In reality though, this is a great place to paddle.

I have already learned a lot from the short time I've been hanging around 
P'Wise and I anticipate gleaning lots more info in the future.

Rick, you've got to get some time off. I wanted to get out today myself but 
I didn't want to stress a sore back from helping a friend move last 
weekend. :--(
Dave
PS - I do have a few pics of the area at:
http://members.home.net/dgorjup/
Look under the White House Cove link

At 09:01 11/28/01, Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote:

>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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