Life on Little Assawoman

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? - Henry David Thoreau We had a very successful (if not chilly) wetland clean-up yesterday in honor of Earth Day! We centered our efforts around the Savage's Ditch kayak launch site but also got onto the water into the salt marshes for some trash collection. David Lam of WMDT came out to do a story on the clean-up for the 6:00 news. We even got him out on the water! We found a lot of the normal stuff - bottles, plastic bags, broken glass, lots and lots of shell casings, etc. We also found a door (I told you not to slam it so hard!), a banquet table, and a bunch of orange construction mesh. Thanks and

With all of the nice weather the backwaters have warmed up and we have been running off-site rentals as well as  a tour yesterday. A fantastic day to be on the water - we saw at least 100 Diamond Back Terrapins many adults with juveniles. The Osprey are all working on their nests. We saw Blue Herons, hundreds of gulls, egrets, a pair of Oyster Catchers, Terns, Mergansers, Brant and numerous other species. One of the nice things about this time of year is the water where we run our tours is crystal clear affording great viewing of the activity below the water which yesterday included our first Horseshoe Crabs of the season. Here is a short clip of the birds and activity that we encountered in the salt marsh! On a rental on Monday we saw

After 13 years of the same website we decided we needed to do some remodeling and updating. We wanted our website to be fun and colorful, functional and user-friendly . So, come on in! Walk around a bit. Sit down and relax. Have a (virtual) margarita. Let us know what's good, bad, needs tweaking, and what you love! We'll see you on the water soon! Jenifer