Boating

Paddling and Boating…because “There’s nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.”
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows (River Rat to Mole)

Irene in Vermont

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Tom Hart
Tree down on Otter Creek north of Wallingford Vermont

Visited Vermont and also saw some destruction and good examples of how natural systems can recover more quickly. Parks are a great thing to put in a flood prone area….tennis court is full of dried mud, a few muddy places … Read more and see pictures →

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Passiac River Flooding thru Paterson and Fairlawn, NJ

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Tom Hart

Paddled down the Passiac thru Paterson just as it was coming down. Though I saw (and shot) a few flooding homes mostly I saw inconvenience, not destruction, with streets blocked off, parks, yards  and swimming pools flooding. When floodplains contain … Read more and see pictures →

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Surviving Irene

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tom Hart

We have survived. As we live only a block from the tidal part of the Hackensack River so our area had a voluntary evacuation….a voluntary evacuation? What’s the difference between that and a vacation? We did move the car out … Read more and see pictures →

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Delaware River with HRCKC

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Tom Hart

On Saturday, August 13th, quite a few of us intreprid souls met at the Water Gap….we first convoyed up to Worthington State Park a few miles (and that one darn 3 minute stoplight), spent a while unloading, convoyed down to … Read more and see pictures →

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Ramapo River with Hackensack Canoe and Kayak Club

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Tom Hart

On June 25th 5 intrepid souls joined me for a little trip down the Ramapo. On Wednesday several inches of rain in an hour or so had pushed the gauges up above 4000 cfs (flood stage)  but by Friday morning … Read more and see pictures →

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Pinkster Fest: A Colonial Celebration of Spring

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Tom Hart
Practicing dancing at Historic New Bridge with less then historic gas station at rear.

Bergen County Historical Society’s “Pinkster,” a Colonial celebration of summer’s arrival at Historic New Bridge Landing,  River Edge. Benjamin Donson with his son Julio Valle  and Jim Norman met me in Hackensack’s Johnson Park.  Ben and Julio paddled Jim’s wooden … Read more and see pictures →

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Canoe Trip on the Musky

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Tom Hart
On the river

November 2010 canoe trip down the Muscunetong River in Western Jersey with the Hackensack River Canoe and Kayak Club….for once, actually just the canoe club….a little swiftwater, a turkey, the usual. For once it didn’t rain, though it could have … Read more and see pictures →

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Lamington River

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Tom Hart

Jul 10, 2010 Rockaway Creek and the Lamington River, New Jersey with the Hackensack River Canoe and Kayak Club….started out in the rain, but it wasn’t cold and turned into a nice day. This little river is fed by reservoirs … Read more and see pictures →

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