Mamaroneck Nov 23rd 2014

A sunny warmish day- 10 degrees C (50 F)
Calm day and a pleasant paddle.
Always interesting to see how the other half lives. There's some rather splendid real estate there. The highlight was Otter Creek which I was able to  get well up into, arriving right at the height of the tide.
Very little wildlife; only ducks, swans, gulls, but still an good spot.

Mussels abound

Waterside houses

Entrance to Otter Creek 

Otter Creek - end of the line

Plastic Owls deterring birds from landing 

Mamaroneck Village

Mamaroneck Village

Mamaroneck Village

Newtown Creek NYC

Found the launch after a short drive around; it is right by the Time Warner Cable building on Paidge St. Its about a one hundred yard walk to the actual launch area.
A great paddle, but the water is terribly polluted and you are advised not to get it on your clothes or body!

Launch Area

Alternative Boat launch (dock) close to the East River

Under the Kosciusko Bridge 

Brooklyn Union Gas Company (BUG)

View Eastern Sierra Lakes in a larger map

After some local info about camping locations gleaned from a guy named Josh we met at Fremont Peak (our hero forever),  we found a great camp on our own on Green Creek, a beautiful high altitude camp (7500 ‘) on the eastern side of the Sierras. This gave me the chance to check out the nearby lakes , of which there were many.

Lundy lake

Lundy lake was a beautiful lake, and I managed a few shots of a red breasted sapsucker.  It had a nest inside of an aspen on the lake’s edge.

Lundy Lake Put In

Night Heron

Lundy Lake

Lundy Lake

Osprey with fish

Red Breasted Sap Sucker

Twin lakes

The next day I went up to Twin Lakes, and had a short paddle in strong winds on the lower lake. It was a good workout, but not at all scenic as the waves were  causing a fair amount of splashing on board, and with my new camera in the paddling box, I decided to return the next day, which I did. 

Entrance to Twin Lakes

Common Merganser

Big Valley Lake (One of the Virginia Lakes)

The following day I headed to the Virginia Lakes area and had a quick paddle on Big Valley lake. It was very small, but a lovely location. I still had time on my hands after this so I went down to Lee Vining, and put in at Mono lake.