Summer evening kayaking
Now here's a public service: free kayaking!
The West/Rhode Riverkeeper is sponsoring evenings of free kayaking every week between Aug. 7 and late September.
They provide the kayak, the lifejacket, even the band.
Besides being a great way to spend a summer evening, this really is also a great public benefit. If you don't have a kayak, how can you experience the water? There isn't always opportunity to rent one, especially if you have no roof rack. And even if you could find a kayak to rent, you need public access to put it in -- hard to come by when like, 98 percent of the shoreline is privately owned.
For more info, call Amy at the West/Rhode RIVERKEEPER, Inc. in Shady Side, (410) 533-9002.
I report on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, I have focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, I've crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. Recently, I have been covering the growth and development transforming the landscape. I love seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. I hope to share some here.
Comments
Kent County has about 30 public ramps and kayak/canoe sites... and all of them are at premium venues. Of course they all are in our slice of paradise.
Posted by: Warrior Bob | August 4, 2008 3:11 PM