NYCkayaker Manhattan Circumnavigation

[Mo Fridlich]

A rather large group of us took advantage of the ideal weather for the circumnavigation of Manhattan lead by Steve Blumling.
Thank you Jerry Blackstone for the wonderful ground support. He was there at everyone of our stops and joined some of us for dinner.
He is leading another group around Manhattan today and I hope his trip is as memorable as was ours.
Though the weather was ideal for paddling, the rather harsh light was not so good for photography. Still I have posted some of my pictures from this event.
For all of you that could not participate here is a virtual tour:  http://www.mofridlich.com/gallery/album18  (easiest viewing is to select "slideshow" on upper right)

I would like to take the opportunity to also mention that I was lucky to have participated in a trip to the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec Canada in mid July. There was 8 of us from the NY area that participated and it was organized by Lee Riser from the YPRC. We started by camping in Tadoussac were the Saguenay flows into the St. Lawrence.  Spent a day kayaking on the St. Lawrence to watch both dolphins and a variety of whales. 
Then we set out by car to St. Rose du Nord some 85 KM up on the Saguenay. From there we kayaked from 12 to 20 KM per day to designated camp sites. To travel the distance back to Tadoussac took 5 days and 4 nights. 
Both the scenery and good company made this a remarkable experience and I have a fine collection of photos for those that might be interested. The link is at : http://www.mofridlich.com/gallery/album17
The highlight of this trip was our encounter with a large number of white Beluga whales. The feeling of having a whale swim under your kayak is just awesome.
Bill Menke who also participated,  posted his photos at : http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/users/menke/slides/saguenay06/saguenay6_0.html  
If you have time and are interested, you can get a detailed day to day description of his trip by clicking on the highlighted "Journal Entry" next to his first photo title.
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