D&R Canal

I took the day off of work to do a little paddling.  I had a nice time the last time that I went on the D&R canal that I wanted to do it again.  It's a really easy, flat, straight paddle so I thought it would be fun with my canoe for a nice relaxing day.  I was right, it was both...fun and relaxing.  I tried to launch at the first causeway that I came to from 287 but they were doing construction so I had to make my way to Amwell road.  It was a nice easy launch and away I went.  I paddled for a total of 8 miles.  At my turn around there was a nice little area on the side of the canal, over a hill, that I could stop for lunch.  It was such a nice day.

Here is a link to some pictures:  D&R Canal in pictures

Caribbean paddle - or just White Lake

I paddled White Lake in Stillwater (or Hope or somewhere near there) today.  What a fantastic experience!  The lake is really more of a pond, it's not all that big and it's essentially round but the water was crystal clear and due to the bottom consisting of marl, which is a prehistoric deposit of aquatic shells, it was white which gave it the appearance of a Caribbean sea. It was a pretty neat experience.  There were quite a few paddlers/fisherman on the lake and you can see the fish swimming all over.  Here is a link to a video:

White Lake Paddle in Pictures