“False” spring has arrived on Delmarva tempting us with temperatures approaching 70 on some days. But we know better. The water is still too cold for safe kayaking unless dressed in appropriate cold weather gear. We have chosen to be warm weather kayakers. We spend the 3 to […]
Located close to our home Trap Pond State Park, Laurel, DE is our go to kayaking location as the weather and water turn cooler. Incredibly beautiful no matter the season Trap Pond truly shines in the autumn. November 5, 2020 found us spending several hours soaking up the […]
The Delmarva Peninsula is lucky. We straddle the northern most range of the bald cypress tree. This means we have beautiful cypress swamps to paddle, and in our case a cypress swamp just twenty minutes away in Delaware’s Trap Pond State Park. We began our kayaking season this […]
What a beautiful still fall day to paddleboard at Trap State Park. Most of the birds are gone, but one lone osprey flew along the edge of the lake. By this time of year the osprey have headed for their second summer home in Central and South America. […]
Trap State Park is not only a great place to teach our grandchildren to kayak, but close enough for a quick trip on the paddleboard. A kayaker at heart I initially didn’t understand the attraction of paddleboarding. After giving it a try, I decided paddleboarding made a great […]
Trap State Park near Laurel, DE features some of the northernmost cypress swamps. It’s one of our favorite places to paddle. In Canoe and Kayak Magazine I recently found “8 Swamp Paddling Getaways” . While it doesn’t include Trap State Park their swamps are definitely worth visiting. For […]
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