Trips

Hackensack River Fireworks

fireworks from hackensack

Well, it wasn’t my most successful trip, what with vast unexpected crowds in Johnson Park, rain, darkness. Still 7 of us managed to hit the water and see the fireworks after a quick trip home for extra rain gear. At … Read more and see pictures

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Irene in Vermont

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

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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Delaware River with HRCKC

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

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

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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Sienna Project…Building Schools in Guatemala

Final celebration at end of the week. Derek Lavanhar looking at camera right center.

In early March, 2011, I  spent a week helping to build a school in the highlands of Guatemala west of the capital  for the indigenous people. My stepfather-with a lot of help from my Mother (CFO) and my ex-pat step brother, created … Read more and see pictures

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Hackensack River Trips

Bittern near Farleigh campus teaneck

Various shots on the Hackensack mostly from late summer and early fall 2010 with a few older ones thrown in. The Hackensack gets short shift for being polluted, muddy crowded…well, you get the idea. However, of it’s many redeeming values, … Read more and see pictures

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Lamington River

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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