Spring Break Trips

Lake Michie
As I said we are trying to catch up on programs, so here are some tales from our Spring Break trips at the end of April.



The weather was beautiful the first day when we went canoeing on Lake Michie.  We went over the basic safety issues and then started paddling up to where the river enters the lake.  Once we got to the river we beached the boats and hiked up to an old low water dam.  Along the way we saw  
                                                

This was a fun day that gave us an opportunity to paddle, hike, and explore the upper part of Lake Michie. 

Day two was spent hiking from West Point on the Eno up to the pump station.  The weather once again was beautiful, fortunately, and the hike was nice and long.  We saw lots of plants and some animals along the way including the Pinxter and Bluets (as seen in our previous post).  It was amazing to see how long it took us to get to the pump station, due to our meandering and exploring, and how quickly we got back with a focused hike. 

Day three we had a change of plans due to wind.  So we ended up canoeing down the Eno River from the Cole Mill Rd access down to West Point.  We had a great time and the kids did a great job in the boats.  We only got wet because the river was just low enough that we couldn't get through all the rock gardens.  But the temperature was warm and the water felt pretty good. 

Day four we canoed on the Upper Flat River from NCSU's Hill Forest down to Lake Michie.  We would like to thank Joe Cox for permision to use the forest for this trip and some other programs.  Not only did we paddle today but we got to see deer swimming across the river, we saw turtles, lots of birds, and we did a little fishing along the way.  Yes I know, this isn't a picture of the kids fishing, but this is one of the largest yellow perch that I have seen. 

All of the kids did some fishing too.  My boat partner, Kevin, caught the largest fish of the day, a 3 lbs bass.  Sorry there is no picture, I was too busy helping him out.  We had a lot of fun on all the trips and we are looking forward to the next big fun, summer camp.