| Paddle Log — 2010 |
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| LAUNCH SITE |
DATE |
WHO |
DISTANCE |
COMMENTS |
| Coxsackie |
March 6 |
Both |
8 |
Upriver to 166, downriver to Hudson River Islands SP, quartering wind. |
| Coxsackie |
March 7 |
Both |
7 |
RT 169. Beautiful day, strong current. |
| Coeymans Landing |
March 9 |
Both |
10 |
RT Campbell Island, lunch at Schodack Island SP. One kingfisher, two eagles, mad geese. |
| Henry Hudson |
March 16 |
Both |
8 |
Downriver — Vlomankill (pair of wood ducks), Binnen Kill (eagle, large hawk), lunch at Schodack Island SP. Return head to wind, some work. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
March 19 |
Both |
15 |
RT Stockport Creek, east side both ways, probed Little Nutten Hook, Gay's Point, Stockport Creek & Stockport Middle Ground. Four tugs — lovely day. |
| Forbes Avenue |
March 21 |
Both |
9 |
Upriver to Menands, down west bank to Port of Albany, return east bank (muskrat on a branch). |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
March 27 |
Both |
12 |
RT Schodack Landing, east side Hudson River to Schodack Creek. Eagles, cormorants, gbh. |
| Erie Canal |
April 2 |
Both & Jim |
8 |
Old Erie Canal from Riverview Road, portage. Muskrats, gbh, snake, hawks, many turtles. |
| Coxsackie |
April 3 |
Both |
8 |
Downstream head-to-wind, abrupt turnaround, upstream to Coxsackie Creek, steady wind at times quartering. Nesting eagle on Rattlesnake Island. |
| Stockport Station |
April 7 |
Both |
9 |
Explored Stockport Flats, very hot day. Wild flowers in bloom: coltsfoot, lyre-leaved rock cress, bloodroot, skunk cabbage. Many dirty turtles. |
| Dutchman's Landing |
April 13 |
Both, Jim & Steve |
12 |
Upriver via Hallenbeck Creek to Hudson, lunch at Middle Ground Flats, downriver past Athens. Little wildlife, two tugs. |
| Coxsackie |
April 14 |
Both |
6 |
Looking for carp activity at Gay's Point -- not yet, too soon. |
| Millburn Creek |
April 18 |
Both & Susan |
4 |
Down Millburn Creek, past Beau Rivage & around Randall Bay. Return via Baldwin Bay from Waterfront Park head to wind. |
| Schodack Island |
April 20 |
Both |
14 |
RT Bronck Island. Marsh marigold in bloom again this year. |
| Coxsackie |
April 23 |
Both, Jim, Mike & Steve |
8 |
Upstream to Coxsackie Creek, cross over to Stuyvesant, return along main channel. Windy day, turbulent water. |
| Coxsackie |
April 24 |
Both |
9 |
Upstream to Coxsackie Creek, continued to Bronck Island. Marsh marigolds on Rattlesnake & Bronck Islands, snapping turtle, at least six eagles, an osprey. Delightful day. |
| Waryas Park |
April 30 |
Both |
18 |
RT Norrie Point, lunch on Esopus Island, brief white cap interlude. Live music from the bluff near CIA, high school crew meet in progress at Marist College. |
| Million Dollar Beach |
May 5 |
Both & many pirates |
12 |
RT Long Island. Placid conditions before lunch, steady strong head-winds all the way back. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
May 7 |
M |
9 |
Late start — new paddle try-out wandering around river between Stuyvesant & Gay's Point. |
| Athens |
May 11 |
Both |
11 |
Explored Stockport Flats & West Flat. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
May 13 |
M |
11 |
Explored Schodack Creek — intense rodent musk. |
| Dunham Reservoir |
May 16 |
Both |
3 |
Easy paddle — discovered rich area of pink lady's slippers & painted trilliums. |
| Bolton Landing |
May 17 |
Both & many pirates |
10 |
Calm start quickly gave way to NE wind induced chop. Modified float plan several times — quartered on both sides crossing NW Bay. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
May 21 |
M |
15 |
RT four mile point, explored Stockport Flats. Numerous eagles & scads of yellow flags. |
| Six Mile Waterworks |
May 24 |
Both |
3 |
Quiet paddle — some turtles, a big carp, a patch of blue flag. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
May 25 |
Both |
14 |
Explored Schodack Creek — many eagles & gbhs. |
| Coxsackie |
May 28 |
Both |
8 |
Easy evening paddle — some carp, superior patch of golden clubs. |
| Coxsackie |
May 31 |
Both |
7 |
Easy morning paddle — many splashing carp, eagles numerous past counting. |
| Coxsackie |
June 2 |
M |
18 |
RT 130 below Hudson-Athens Light. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
June 4 |
Both |
12 |
Stockport Flats & environs. |
| Dutchman's Landing |
June 8 |
Both |
4 |
Explored ramshorn. Windy day. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
June 15 |
Both |
12 |
Stockport Flats & environs. Many eagles. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
June 18 |
Both |
14 |
Stockport Flats & environs. Many tugs, eagles & wild flowers. |
| Athens |
June 21 |
Both |
12 |
Stockport Flats, Stockport Creek & West Flat. Too much spatterdock at West Flat. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
June 25 |
Both |
14 |
RT Hannacroix Creek — explored both sides. Eagles, fawn, goats. |
| Coxsackie |
June 30 |
M |
9 |
Morning paddle — off at noon before wind rose. |
| Coxsackie |
July 2 |
Both |
14 |
RT — down to HA, up to RI & back. |
| 123rd Street |
July 4 |
Both |
6 |
Around Waterford — steamboat meet. |
| Coxsackie |
July 6 |
Both |
8 |
RT 170. Off early — very hot. |
| Canadice Lake |
July 7 |
J & Marli |
4 |
Canoe. |
| Hemlock Lake |
July 8 |
J & Marli |
3 |
Canoe. |
| Coxsackie |
July 8 |
M |
10 |
Early launch beat the heat, water like glass. Breakfast at Middle Ground Flats, off at 11AM. |
| Coxsackie & Coeymans Landing |
July 12 |
Both |
14 |
RT Hudson-Athens Light. Brief put-in at Coeymans to see NYC bridge on barge. |
| Six Mile Waterworks |
July 15 |
J & Alice |
3 |
Quiet paddle. |
| Hague |
July 15 |
M, Jim, Mike & Bill |
10 |
Anthonys Nose & Rogers Rock. |
| Alplaus |
July 18 |
Both |
5 |
Paddling for a Cure — Hope in the Boat. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
July 20 |
Both & Jim |
13 |
Up east side, crossing below Matthew Point, lunch at the Hannacroix, return west side. Three eagles, three barges. |
| Corning Preserve |
July 24 |
M |
12 |
RT Staats Point. |
| Church Pond |
July 25 |
J |
9 |
Church, Osgood and Jones Ponds. |
| Lower St. Regis |
July 25 |
J |
2 |
Paddle by moonlight. |
| Saranac Inn Golf Course |
July 26 |
J |
12 |
Hoel, Turtle, Slag, Long and Pink Ponds. |
| Coxsackie |
July 26 |
M |
9 |
RT MGF. Return very windy — no detours. |
| Saranac Inn Golf Course |
July 27 |
J |
? |
Floodwood Pond. |
| Eagle Lake |
July 27 |
M & many pirates |
7 |
Around lake — rich natural area. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
July 30 |
Both |
10 |
RT SMG. Return windy. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
July 31 |
M |
21 |
Downstream around west side of Coxsackie Island to 138 above Hudson, upstream past 170 near Bronck Island, around east side of SMG both ways, several crossings. |
| Schuylerville Boat Launch |
August 3 |
M & many pirates |
10 |
Hudson River & environs, mouths of Batten Kill & Fish Creek. |
| Lock 7 |
August 3 |
J & ADK |
4 |
Mohawk River — rescue training. |
| Converse Bay F & W |
August 6 |
Both |
7 |
Around Converse Bay to Thompson's Point. Sudden strong wind. |
| Blanchard Beach |
August 7 |
M |
9 |
Around Burlington Bay, into Shelburne Bay past Red Rocks Park. |
| Dutchman's Landing |
August 11 |
Both |
15 |
Lunch at Cheviot, stop at Germantown, excursion up Roeliff Jansen Kill. 9G bridge undergoing slow reconstruction. Eagles, ospreys & tugs. |
Stuyvesant Landing |
August 13 |
M |
15 |
SMG, MGF & environs. Many eagles. |
| 123rd Street |
August 14 |
Both |
8 |
Peebles & Lock C-1. |
| Plum Point |
August 17 |
Both |
15 |
RT 37. Pollepel Island (Bannerman's Castle a wreck), lunch at Foundry Dock Park, downstream easy water. Wind picked up a bit at World's End, rolling surges on the return to Storm King. Cornwall, Moodna & out. Fabulous paddle. |
| Coxsackie |
August 18 |
M |
7 |
Little Nutten Hook & SMG. |
| Round Lake |
August 20 |
Both |
4 |
Across Round Lake to Anthony Kill, return via periphery counterclockwise. |
| Corning Preserve |
August 21 |
Both |
17 |
RT Henry Hudson Park. |
| Coxsackie |
August 27 |
Both |
15 |
Athens & Little Nutten Hook, often by opposite sides, meeting at intersections. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
August 28 |
Both |
14 |
SMG, Coxsackie Creek & environs. Day of prodigies — boat on silt wall, sea plane, multitudes of kayaks & eagles. |
| Dunham Reservoir |
August 30 |
Both |
4 |
Traversed very low water several times, beaver slapped his tail. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
Sept 3 |
Both |
8 |
RT Poolsburg. Explored marshes. |
| Henry Hudson |
Sept 8 |
J & ADK |
? |
Vlomankill & Papscanee. |
| Forbes Avenue |
Sept 10 |
Both |
10 |
Waterford Tugboat Roundup parade. |
| Coeymans Landing |
Sept 11 |
Both |
12 |
Bronck Island & Hannacroix Creek. |
| Coeymans Landing |
Sept 15 |
Both |
6 |
Very windy. |
| Freddie's Park |
Sept 17 |
Both |
12 |
Crescent Dam, Crescent Bridge, Twin Bridges & area around entrance to old Erie Canal. |
| Freddie's Park |
Sept 18 |
M |
11 |
RT Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve — dense stands of jerusalem artichokes zealously guarded by tons of voracious mosquitoes, every ray extracts a drop of blood. Some picnic area! — "Not where he eats, but where he is eaten." |
| Coxsackie |
Sept 21 |
M |
16 |
Bronck Island, Schodack Creek & Coxsackie Creek. |
| Coxsackie |
Sept 23 |
M |
11 |
Four mile point, 144, Hudson River Islands SP & Nutten Hook. A cargo ship & two tugs converged on four mile point. |
| Coxsackie |
Sept 26 |
Both |
14 |
MGF & Stockport Creek. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
Sept 29 |
M |
8 |
Five eagles simultaneously near 170, whistling & screaming — up Mill Creek, down to 166. |
| Fort Ann Beach |
Oct 2 |
M & pirates |
12 |
RT Black Mountain Point via east side of the narrows. |
| Bolton Landing |
Oct 2 |
J & ADK |
? |
All day rescue training with Steve Maynard. |
| Coxsackie |
Oct 3 |
M |
8 |
RT Bronck Island — high water from storm runoff, strong current & north wind. |
| 123rd Street |
Oct 8 |
Both & pirates |
9 |
Peebles & Lock C-1. High water & strong currents. |
| Snyders Lake |
Oct 9 |
J, Lisa & Celia |
1 |
Skills practice. |
| Coxsackie |
Oct 10 |
Both |
20 |
RT Cohotate Preserve. Many excursions & crossings. Very high water, little wind. |
| Schodack Island |
Oct 12 |
M |
11 |
RT Mill Creek — windy return. |
| Dutchman's Landing |
Oct 13 |
Both |
8 |
Raw fuel stench early. Roeliff Jansen Kill (9G bridge still closed) & Catskill Creek. |
| Stuyvesant Landing |
Oct 18 |
Both |
12 |
RT Hannacroix Creek. |
| Stewarts Bridge Reservoir |
Oct 19 |
Both & pirates |
6 |
Below Conklingville Dam. |
| Glasco Landing |
Oct 20 |
M |
11 |
Turkey Point, Magdalen Island, lunch at Tivoli, turnaround above Saugerties Light. |
| Old Forge |
Oct 23 |
Both |
1 |
Mountainman's dock – trying out various boats on sale. |
| Glasco Landing |
Oct 24 |
Both |
12 |
New boats! Turkey Point, lunch on Cruger Island & Esopus Creek. |
| Coxsackie |
Oct 26 |
Both |
17 |
RT Hudson-Athens Light. Lunch at MGF, side trip up Stockport Creek. |
| Freddie's Park |
Oct 30 |
Both |
12 |
RT Shaker Creek. Lunch at Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve. |
| Coxsackie |
Nov 2 |
Both & pirates |
10 |
Bronck Island, Mill Creek & Nutten Hook. |
| Nolan Road |
Nov 3 |
M & pirates |
7 |
Big Bay, Spier Falls Dam & several side streams. |
| Dutchman's Landing |
Nov 12 |
Both |
10 |
RT 107. Lunch at North Germantown, two ocean cargo ships. |