Comments for The Hudson River Watertrail Association http://hrwa.org A Resource for Human Powered Boaters Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:22:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on About by AlanG http://hrwa.org/about/#comment-999 AlanG Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:59:27 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=4#comment-999 Ok, I'm new here. Posted this somewhere else earlier, but can't find it. Have a question. I tried to access "all comments" on the comments page and received a message that I did not have sufficient permissions to access that area. Is that because I only joined the list and am not yet an HRWA member? Was kind of confusing. Earlier, I posted an inquiry about an ambitious trip that my 15 1/2 year old son has proposed. We're both big baseball fans and he came up with the idea of kayaking from Manhattan to Fishkill to go to a Hudson Valley Renegades Class A minor league game in Wappingers Falls. Aside from the need we'll fill for back-up from friends and family, I am curious to hear from the veteran HRWA members about the feasibility of this trip. I realize it will take at least a couple of days of serious paddling with overnights required at camp grounds along the way or otherwise. Am VERY open to insights and suggestions. In addition, we are not kayak owners, so we will need to rent a tandem and some gear. Can anyone make any suggestions in any of these areas? I can be emailed off-blog at amgardneresq@gmail.com. Thanks in advance for your responses. I'm sure that they will all be helpful in some way or another. Best, Alan Gardner Ok, I’m new here. Posted this somewhere else earlier, but can’t find it.
Have a question.
I tried to access “all comments” on the comments page and received a message that I did not have sufficient permissions to access that area. Is that because I only joined the list and am not yet an HRWA member? Was kind of confusing.
Earlier, I posted an inquiry about an ambitious trip that my 15 1/2 year old son has proposed. We’re both big baseball fans and he came up with the idea of kayaking from Manhattan to Fishkill to go to a Hudson Valley Renegades Class A minor league game in Wappingers Falls. Aside from the need we’ll fill for back-up from friends and family, I am curious to hear from the veteran HRWA members about the feasibility of this trip. I realize it will take at least a couple of days of serious paddling with overnights required at camp grounds along the way or otherwise. Am VERY open to insights and suggestions.
In addition, we are not kayak owners, so we will need to rent a tandem and some gear. Can anyone make any suggestions in any of these areas?
I can be emailed off-blog at amgardneresq@gmail.com.
Thanks in advance for your responses. I’m sure that they will all be helpful in some way or another.
Best,
Alan Gardner

]]> Comment on The HRWA Guide by AlanG http://hrwa.org/about/the-hrwa-guide/#comment-996 AlanG Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:56:58 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=13#comment-996 This is a great resource I had no idea existed. Thank goodness for Google! My son has challenged me to plan a trip from Manhattan to Fishkill, at the end of which, we are to attend a Hudson Valley Renegades game in Wappingers Falls. Any expert opinions out there on just how long a trip like this will take? With the tidal changes and distance, I'm figuring at least two days, starting out on a Friday late afternoon. Very open to all suggestions, including where to camp out/stay Friday and Saturday nights (looking to the parkland at Croton on the Hudson as one stop. All thoughts are well appreciated. Will also need info on where we can rent equipment, including a 16 foot, 2 person, ruddered kayak with ample enough space to stow our gear/food items. Thanks! This is a great resource I had no idea existed. Thank goodness for Google!
My son has challenged me to plan a trip from Manhattan to Fishkill, at the end of which, we are to attend a Hudson Valley Renegades game in Wappingers Falls. Any expert opinions out there on just how long a trip like this will take? With the tidal changes and distance, I’m figuring at least two days, starting out on a Friday late afternoon. Very open to all suggestions, including where to camp out/stay Friday and Saturday nights (looking to the parkland at Croton on the Hudson as one stop.
All thoughts are well appreciated. Will also need info on where we can rent equipment, including a 16 foot, 2 person, ruddered kayak with ample enough space to stow our gear/food items.
Thanks!

]]> Comment on The HRWA Guide by wjpeace http://hrwa.org/about/the-hrwa-guide/#comment-891 wjpeace Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:57:43 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=13#comment-891 Wheelchair Access I am a novice kayaker and was taken aback the Hudson River Water Trail Guide and this website contains no information about wheelchair access. I have found the hardest part of kayaking is accessing the Hudson River. Accessible launch sites such as Annesville near Peekskill are all too rare. Information such as this is important and must be included. The river is supposed to be for all citizens, those that can walk and those that use a wheelchair. Wheelchair Access

I am a novice kayaker and was taken aback the Hudson River Water Trail Guide and this website contains no information about wheelchair access. I have found the hardest part of kayaking is accessing the Hudson River. Accessible launch sites such as Annesville near Peekskill are all too rare. Information such as this is important and must be included. The river is supposed to be for all citizens, those that can walk and those that use a wheelchair.

]]> Comment on NYCKayaker List by sustaiNYC » Blog Archive » When Eagles Attack! http://hrwa.org/nyckayaker-list/#comment-435 sustaiNYC » Blog Archive » When Eagles Attack! Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:04:47 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=3#comment-435 [...] by a bald eagle near Castleton, New York. Local paddlers got word of the incident through the NYCKayaker email list hosted by the Hudson River Watertrail Association. With Bald Eagles becoming more common as far [...] [...] by a bald eagle near Castleton, New York. Local paddlers got word of the incident through the NYCKayaker email list hosted by the Hudson River Watertrail Association. With Bald Eagles becoming more common as far [...]

]]> Comment on NYCKayaker List by WildEyed: Bald Eagle Attacks Hudson Kayaker « Nature Calendar http://hrwa.org/nyckayaker-list/#comment-433 WildEyed: Bald Eagle Attacks Hudson Kayaker « Nature Calendar Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:09:23 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=3#comment-433 [...] by a bald eagle near Castleton, New York. Local paddlers got word of the incident through the NYCKayaker email list hosted by the Hudson River Watertrail Association. With Bald Eagles becoming more common as far [...] [...] by a bald eagle near Castleton, New York. Local paddlers got word of the incident through the NYCKayaker email list hosted by the Hudson River Watertrail Association. With Bald Eagles becoming more common as far [...]

]]> Comment on The Rivers & Mountains of New York State by DanKarger http://hrwa.org/about/rivers-mountains/#comment-428 DanKarger Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:15:47 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=14#comment-428 Does anyone know of a place in Albany - someone's backyard would be ok - where we could store a small 5' by 8' kayak trailer for 4 days during the Albany to Manhattan paddle? July 3-6 Does anyone know of a place in Albany - someone’s backyard would be ok - where we could store a small 5′ by 8′ kayak trailer for 4 days during the Albany to Manhattan paddle? July 3-6

]]> Comment on The Rivers & Mountains of New York State by Jay H http://hrwa.org/about/rivers-mountains/#comment-361 Jay H Tue, 27 May 2008 14:32:21 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=14#comment-361 "Slide Mountain, at an elevation of 4,203 feet" Not sure where you got this information, but Slide mtn is officially listed at 4180' not 4203'... http://www.catskill-3500-club.org/catskill-peaks/slide-mountain.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_Mountain_%28Ulster_County%2C_New_York%29 “Slide Mountain, at an elevation of 4,203 feet”

Not sure where you got this information, but Slide mtn is officially listed at 4180′ not 4203′…

http://www.catskill-3500-club.org/catskill-peaks/slide-mountain.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_Mountain_%28Ulster_County%2C_New_York%29

]]> Comment on Trip Reports by Jay H http://hrwa.org/trip-reports/#comment-360 Jay H Tue, 27 May 2008 11:32:26 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=5#comment-360 BTW, your blog and system time here seems to set to GMT.... Right now it is 7:32 EDT and your post times are coming up 3:32... Jay BTW, your blog and system time here seems to set to GMT…. Right now it is 7:32 EDT and your post times are coming up 3:32…

Jay

]]> Comment on Trip Reports by Jay H http://hrwa.org/trip-reports/#comment-359 Jay H Tue, 27 May 2008 11:31:41 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=5#comment-359 Where do we post Hudson conditions? As I mentioned, a friend and I was camping on Stockton Middle Ground and I'd like to report that the outhouse there is halfway washed out, like there is about a 10ft section before the outhouse coming from the campsite that is completely washed out and filled with blowdown and debris. What used to be a trail from the campsite is now really overgrown and almost unusable without boots and long pants. Also, why is the outhouse so close to the water????? this goes against what I've always understood where privies and outhouses should be. Jay Where do we post Hudson conditions? As I mentioned, a friend and I was camping on Stockton Middle Ground and I’d like to report that the outhouse there is halfway washed out, like there is about a 10ft section before the outhouse coming from the campsite that is completely washed out and filled with blowdown and debris. What used to be a trail from the campsite is now really overgrown and almost unusable without boots and long pants. Also, why is the outhouse so close to the water????? this goes against what I’ve always understood where privies and outhouses should be.

Jay

]]> Comment on Trip Reports by Jay H http://hrwa.org/trip-reports/#comment-358 Jay H Tue, 27 May 2008 11:28:31 +0000 http://hrwa.org/?page_id=5#comment-358 I can post a short trip report a friend and I did just this past memorial day weekend. Launched friday late afternoon from the state boat launch at Coxsackie and spent 3 nights at Stockton Middle Grounds and paddled as far south as Catskill Point and then as far north as Mill Creek, explored catskill creek, Stockton Creek, etc. I can post a short trip report a friend and I did just this past memorial day weekend. Launched friday late afternoon from the state boat launch at Coxsackie and spent 3 nights at Stockton Middle Grounds and paddled as far south as Catskill Point and then as far north as Mill Creek, explored catskill creek, Stockton Creek, etc.

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