This was Jordan's trip, but he defered to me to write the trip report. (Sorry it took me so long to get it completed.)
The weather for Columbus Day weekend was fantastic. There were trips posted for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A couple people replied that they'd attend Saturday in Boston Harbor and then switched to the Sunday trip at Padanaram. One greedy person did all of the trips...me.
This trip attracted the most people, ten. They were: Jordan, Sue, Ric, Maureen, Audrey, Pam, Bob, Ken, Nelson and me.
Getting ready.
Padanaram Bridge.
Heading out.
Jordan, Nelson and Ken.
Nelson, Maureen, Ken, Ric, Jordan, Bob and Sue.
A nice mansion.
Ken leading the pack and showing good paddling form.
I believe this is Dumpling Rocks. The seas were calm enough to swing out amongst the rocks rather than staying in close to Round Hill Point.
Nelson and Sue talking about sailing.
Silky smooth water.
A few nice homes.
Paddling amongst the rocks.
Heading toward Demarest Lloyd State Park Beach.
Rather than stopping at Demarest Lloyd, we headed around Barney's Joy Point to a nice sandy beach near Allens Pond. The guys who landed first helped the others with the surf landings.
We landed just beyond this rocky area of shore, where a beautiful stretch of sandy beach started.
The whole gang unloading gear to settle down for lunch.
As usual, we picked a quiet stretch of beach but there were a few people further down.
Most of the gang settled down for lunch.
It turned out that there was a gap in the dune and people kept coming and going through the gap. So, a few of us took a walk over and checked it out to find that there was a parking lot back there near Allens Pond.
A look up and down the dunes and back at Allens Pond.
A fair crowd of people further down the beach.
It looks like there is some farmland on the shore between here and the Westport River.
The group milling around, preparing for the return trip.
Some birds milling around in the surf.
Packing up the boats after lunch.
Heading back out on the water.
Pam and Bob.
Ric and Jordan and the other side of one of those nice houses on a point.
Ken and Nelson closer to the point.
The other side of one of the other mansions.
Sue and Nelson paddle past me...
...and I notice they have something following them...
A butterfly!
Sue enjoying her current hobby with her former hobby sailing by in the background.
A few ducks.
Heading back into Padanaram Harbor.
A cabin cruiser was heading back to its mooring as we entered the harbor.
The boat turned off the channel and gave Jordan a closer look at its bow.
There were quite few nice sailboats in the harbor along with many cabin cruisers.
The paddling distance out and back was about 16 miles. This was enough for most of the group.
Bob, Jordan and Ken landed first.
The rest of the group lands.
I've never paddled under the Padanaram bridge and seen the inner harbor area. I still had plenty of energy to keep going, so I asked around to see if anyone else would like to continue. I figured Sue would be interested and she was, so we said goodbye to everyone else and headed for the bridge.
The inner harbor has a nice double-wide boat ramp.
It looks like there's a community beach with a snack bar.
We swung around into a marsh area that hooks around behind the beach where we had launched from.
We came back out of the marsh and went around the end of the harbor where there were some nice houses.
Not all of the area was developed. There was still some open space.
There was one small raft/houseboat in the inner harbor.
On our way back to the bridge, the lines of this sailboat caught my eye.
Here is a topo map with the route we traveled highlighted.
A few stats from the trip:
Launch time: 10:00am
Stop for lunch: 12:13pm, Distance paddled: 8.05 miles
Back on water: 1:00pm
Take-out time for the majority of the group: 3:12pm, Distance Paddled: 15.75 miles
Take-out time for Sue and I: 4:39pm Distance Paddled: 20.21 miles
Thanks Jordan for organizing this trip and everyone else for making it a good time.
Thanks Sue for joining me for the extended trip into the inner harbor.
Norm
Padanaram to Demarest Lloyd - October 9, 2011
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Re: Padanaram to Demarest Lloyd - October 9, 2011
Another great day with the flock!!
Thanks Norm for the hundreds of great pictures you've take this season!!!
Thanks Norm for the hundreds of great pictures you've take this season!!!
Paddle with a big smile, its contagious
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Re: Padanaram to Demarest Lloyd - October 9, 2011
Looks like you had a great day on the water. Green with envy!
Bea
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