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Today I paddled up the Millstone from Manville.
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| There is a good clean launch and accessible boat ramp |
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| The scenery was a mix of riverside backyards to sections of undeveloped land. |
I had been that way before, but it was one of my earliest paddles in Jersey. In fact the first time I went out there, I totally missed seeing the canal, and launched on the Millstone, thinking it was the canal. It was not until I passed some canoeists who said, " We usually only see kayakers on the canal" that I realized I was in fact not on the canal. I didn't even know the Millstone River was there. In fact, it runs parallel to the canal, often coming almost directly adjacent to it.
The river a more interesting paddle than the canal, simply because it is a river, and it has the associated rivery banks as opposed to the clean cut banks of the canal.
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| Old Bridge Structure |
It was a cold, but fine day. There was some light cloud cover, but the sun often came out to brighten up the day. Temperatures were around the 3-6 C, depending on wind gusts . Winds were generally light, but it picked up a little later in the day.
The beauty of the two way paddle is that by starting the paddle upstream, one gets to take it very easy on the return journey, letting the current do most of the work...which I did.
It was a nice, easy, flatwater paddle.
