Harkers Island to Cape Lookout Lighthouse – Elmer, The White Oak River Trashman
| River: | Other |
| Skill: | All |
| Trip Date: | 06/01/2006 |
Where: Harkers Island to Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Trip Coordinators: Bill Hettler
Paddlers: Jim Morris of Smyrna, Al Morris, Russ Guthrie, and Bill Hettler (all of Morehead City), Dale Weston of Jacksonville, Julia Miner of Araphoe, and Elmer Eddy of Swansboro
This is a Crystal Coast Canoe & Kayak Club trip that we joined. The trip went from Shell Point at the end of Harkers Island to Cape Lookout Lighthouse.
Our hats are off to Bill Hettler. He planned this trip to perfection even including the weather and winds. We paddled over on the outgoing tide and came back on the incoming tide with the S/S/E wind at our back.
We paddled over there in a little over an hour. We went down Lighthouse Channel keeping out of the channel on the left and continued that way through Barden Inlet into Cape Lookout Bight. Coming back we headed off to the left through the Ditch into Blinds Hammock Bay and the marshes behind Great Marsh Island Island into Sheep Island Slue. This brought us up to Morgan Island which was covered with thousands of noisy water birds. It is a sanctuary. We stopped for clamming along the way without success. We found a dead Red Drum in a gill net.We could see the buildings of Morehead City in the distance. We arrived back at the dock at 3:06 PM.
While at the lighthouse everyone was on his own to do as he or she pleased. Jim Morris, Dale and Elmer hiked over to the ocean and went swimming in the Atlantic. It was very beautiful and the water was invigorating, being cooler than in the bight.
It was an excellent and most enjoyable day both on and in the water. Sorry you missed this fine trip and hope you enjoy the pictures.
Elmer, The White Oak River Trashman
Stewards of The White Oak River Basin
101 River Reach Drive West
Swansboro, NC. 28584
910-389-4588 e-mail: elmer@whiteoakstewards.org
Please visit our website: www.whiteoakstewards.org