Many summers, by the first week in August, the water level is so low at our Cypress Tour that it is nearly impossible to do our tours there. This year that is definitely not the case! We’ve had plenty of rain which makes it easy to do lots of exploring. The other day our guide,… Read more »
The week started off with an exciting dolphin sighting on our Burton’s Island Wildlife Tour! In our 19 years of doing tours in that area we have never seen dolphins there before but Todd spotted them just before landing on the sandbar and decided to follow them for a few hundred yards. On Stefan’s Burton’s… Read more »
The horseshoe crabs are here! It’s the most horseshoe crabs I’ve ever seen. They were everywhere on the island. The water was incredibly clear so we saw lots of terrapin, also. The osprey were busy adding to their nests and fishing. We also saw oyster catchers, blue herons, snowy egrets, and lots of horseshoe crab… Read more »
Last week, the day before we went to a 7 day/week schedule, I went for a little paddle on my own. I’d been wanting to paddle the upper portions of the Nanticoke River. It was a windy day here at the beach so it seemed like a perfect day to go inland. I launched at… Read more »
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… Read more »
We had a gorgeous day for our Assateague Tour last week. Light winds, comfortable temperatures, blue skies, great paddlers – couldn’t have been better! We saw a lone horseshoe crab, cormorants, snowy egrets, brants, buffleheads, and hooded mergansers. The ponies weren’t on the bayside, but they rallied for our drive out of the park.