Year three of the summer ‘Rancocas Kidz’ program with Mt. Holly Recreation Dept. Volunteers are welcome. Text: 609-876-3086. Help kids discover the heritage, ecology and fun of Rancocas Creek’s North Branch and Mill Pond. Paddling sessions are held until the end of August each Friday morning. Join in the fun!
Out and about paddling today before heat set in. No camera, floated / lazy paddled around oxbow. Folks who was paddling from Spokane, Washington. They gave it a very chill thumbs up “paddling town” vibe. Very enjoyable, fun chill morning paddle. Constant dipping of hat into creek water and pouring over face and head. Another reason to wear a hat that has wide brim and can hold water. Very good way to paddle “soft” in the heat. Afterwards cold brew at village idiot w jamician curried goat and downtown cheese pizza exemplary/eclectic/fun paddling. Doe, Buck, 2 fawns creekside, a bass boat tacked out of Mill Pond before paddling. heron was about, wood duck.
Infographic on Rancocas Creek Coalition. “Beta” on talking points, issues, concerns ? Zap back a text 609-876-3086 . Infographic is being used to establish an agenda for a public meeting on 12 October 2019. Details and activities to be posted.
.This is the weir at the top of the Mill Race, proper. Parking at Vets Office. (hence – histology). Don’t park there if the office is open. Parking is allowed over at the Mill Dam Park and Pine Street Fire House lots.
Histology is an exemplary, classic white-water chute below a classic ledge drop. Here one can work on and get comfortable with one’s basic, fundamentals of white-water paddling. low and high bracing. leaning downstream into white water compared w leaning upstream. (a helmet is highly recommended). finding the edge in a kayak in white-water. pulling eddy turns in white-water. reverse sweeps of paddle and forward sweeps. working the “main” and “secondary” outwash/outflow.
braces with and against water flow.
avoiding backwash and outwash from the “ledge” (weir). right and left kicks into the main chute. planning and carving white water waves. the higher the water levels of the creek the more extreme “histology” becomes.
w white water follow basic fundamental of safety. wear a PFD. Do not paddle allow. read the drop and area below the drop. leave a paddle plan. respect access. one can have lots of fun in a very nice shaded drop. the weir for sure mimics a white-water ledge drop. do not think your good enuff to paddle through the weir, proper.
this section of the creek is dangerous for paddlers w/o white water experience. if you want to try out white water zap a note along be glad to meet you there and other locations around mt. holly. “histology” is consistent. NO ROOM FOR ERRORS. good place to ease into white-water.
With the increase in folks active on the Rancocas we encourage all users on the Creek to Help Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species. Kayaking Among Different Waters is a very good way to transport these little buggers from watershed to watershed.
