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Monocacy River Float – Day 2 – The trip Continues
Monocacy River Float Part 3 – Sunday, May 26, 2013 Twenty five miles later I pull up onto a beach for the night. The sun is still high in the sky. Today’s travel has been a good one. I am ready to set camp. This beach is bigger than last night’s. It has amble firewood. … Continue reading
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Monocacy River Float, The First Night on the River
Monocacy River Float Part 2 – Saturday Night I walked the streets of Spain with Hemingway’s characters in The Sun Also Rises until dark. Removing my reading glasses, I pulled the wool blanket tight to my chin and faded off to sleep. Shortly thereafter, I awoke to the brightest of a full moon and chattering … Continue reading
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Monocacy River Float – Day 1
Monocacy River Float Day 1 – Saturday May 25, 2013 The day has been a good one. Starting at 7:30 am, I began my sixty mile trek down the Monocacy. Here at 7:00 pm, the fire is cooking dinner of potatoes and venison. Twenty miles of river lay behind.
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Monocacy River Float into a New Life
In three days I embark on a journey short on miles but long on meaning. For three days, I will canoe the complete Monocacy River from beginning to end, 60 miles in length. She is my home river. She is my mistress. She is where I go to escape. From the hot August evenings standing … Continue reading
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Memorial Day Weekend Canoe Trip
A trip to the past down the Monocacy River Three years after the Civil War ended, Decoration Day was established as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the Civil War dead with flowers. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country. … Continue reading
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My First Trophy Trout and Getting Wet.
Recently while going through some old family photos, I came across a photo of a 5 year old little boy with his first fish after going trout fishing. That photograph brought back memories. My fate of my tendency to get wet while out fishing or hunting was born on that day.
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End of the Season Duck hunt
Good to back on the Monocacy river Man, it felt good to be sitting in the canoe and have my old ash paddle in hand. Due to surgery and illness my waterfowl hunting season has been a total bust. Here it was late in the season with only a few days left and I was … Continue reading
