Welcome to Travels with our Kayak Nessie.
Nessie on top of Minivan
Who's Nessie and what's here?
Wild Horses on Carrot Island, Beaufort, NC 2010
Nessie is our tandom kayak, a Wilderness Systems Pamlico XL. We purchased her several years ago after getting hooked on kayaking on a trip to the NC Coast. My wife named her Nessie after the Loch Ness Monster. Nessie is strickly a quiet water kayak. No whitewater.
Clem and the RV at Merchant's Millpond State Park, NC
We recently added a new kayak to our collection, Clem. Clem is a Wilderness Systems Pamlico 135T and is considerably shorter than Nessie. Clem just fits into our new RV. We plan to take Clem on trips where we can take the RV. Or first trip with Clem and the RV was Merchant's Millpond State Park. Both Clem and the RV worked great.
Our most recent trip was our annual fourth of July trip to the NC Beach. We paddled Taylor's Creek in Beaufort, NC and Cedar Island Wildlife Refuge on this trip.
These pages are devoted to describing the many paddling, and non-paddling trip we've made over the past several years. The trips covered include trips where we've taken Nessie and also trips where we had to leave Nessie behind--a 16 foot kayak doesn't fit in the overhead bins of an airplane.
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Reflections in Yosemite National Park
Nessie has proven to be a wonderful traveling companion. We've taken her on many trips including trips to Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Badlands of South Dakota, Grand Tetons National Park, and Glacier National Park. And of course we've taken her on trips closer to home in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. I've provided articles and photos of many our trips.
Our Trip to the Berkshires in Massachusetts in 2009, Maine, and Acadia National Park
We enjoyed a three week trip starting with the Bershires in Massachusetts. From there we drove to Lubec, Maine; the eastern most city in the US. After a short trip to Campobello New Brunswick Canada, where we spent several hours whale watching; we drove to Bar Harbor Maine with 5 days in Acadia National Park. We were able to use Nessie several times on the trip.
Medoc Mountain State Park North Carolina
Our most recent trip was an overnight trip Medoc Mountain NC State Park. This was our first trip in our new Chinook Motor Home and the first time we've taken our dogs on a trip.
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Les
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Jockey's Ridge State Park, NC