Qajaqs

After having such a great time at the 2008 Delmarva Paddlers Retreat we returned in 2009.  What a great opportunity to spend time with lots of interesting and friendly people sharing a common love of Greenland qajaqs.   The pictures speak for themselves, showing lots of people having lots of fun.  The paddlers retreat is camp for grownups, but way more fun than any camp for kids ever was.

Obligatory tower picture

John Pedersen

Alex Pak

Ben Fuller

Dan Segal

Dave Sides

Dave Sides Horsing around:

Dave wasn’t the only one having fun

Will, Greg and John

Dave and Gail

The fun continues….

Young Hunters

Alison and Gail

Karen Marie

I thought I should return to the bog to see what changes had taken place in my absence.  It was a beautiful fall day, a little past peak foliage, but still beautiful.  The young geese had grown into adults and had joined the flock in the annual migration south.  Or, at least, they were pretending to fly south.  The silly geese were making an awful racket, flying in circles around the pond whenever the Great Blue Heron would frighten them.

The Pitcher plants were still there, but most had lost their vibrant colors, or turned red.  The flower stalks had dried and only a few were still standing.  The Sphagnum moss had also turned red in many places.

The beavers had been busy adding more mud to their lodges.

The only flowers left were found on the asters, still blooming in a few places.

There were many cranberry plants, but very few berries.  It was  a little late in the season, after a heavy frost, and many of the berries may have fallen off.

In places where the leaves had fallen off the trees, hidden treasures were revealed

The perimeter of the pond was showing its glory in a blaze of beautiful fall colors

In the following picture the bog is shown in the foreground

Along the shore again