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Kayaking, Pocahotas State Park

Kayaking/Canoeing DATE: 06/02/2013 - 06/02/2013

Trip/Event Location: Chesterfield, VA
US

Trip Leader(s):

Max # People: 15

Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money

Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

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Driving directions to the location and spot to meet at:

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE LOCATION: In Chesterfield County, about 20 miles from Richmond. It's easily accessible from Interstate 95, Route 288 and Route 360. See below for detailed directions.

Its address is 10301 State Park Road, Chesterfield, VA 23832-6355; (Do a mapquest or Maps.Google on "State Park Road and Beach Road, Chesterfield, VA" for the turn off for the park and park main gate)

Latitude, 37.373973. Longitude, -77.571782.

To use my Park Pass and save you a few bucks in Fees, We'll first meet at the parking lot at Beach Road and Commons Plaza Road, close to Ledo Pizza (7052 Commons Plaza) and drive the

I'll have a gray 2007 Ford 4x4 Truck with Kayaks in the back.

Trip Report/Photos

TRIP REPORT

POCAHONTAS STATE PARK KAYAK TRIP

06/02/2013

It was a warm, calm morning with quite a few people, mostly families, on the lake, a few people were walking on the trails near the lake and a couple of fisherman on the shore as the trip started.

Stan and I met at the Ledo Pizza and drove to the parking lot with the boat ramp. Officially it is Swift Creek, but it is more of a Lake than a creek.

Stan and I started on the typically still waters headed upstream, passing under a steel and wood footbridge, passed about a half-dozen hopeful fisherman (kids), bypassing the shortcut passage with leaning trees I normally take and instead went around an island and proceeding up to the main body of water.

Due to the amount of kayakers, hikers, and fisherman in boats, the beavers were hiding. Matter of fact the usual wildlife was mostly not visible, although the birds were around. As we headed up stream we got away from the other boaters and more birds were visible. I even saw my very first Prothonotary Warbler!!

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Prothonotary_Warbler/id

We headed back to our starting point and continued beyond, downstream, and proceeded to go around masses of white water lilies exuding their vanilla-like fragrance and up a channel, under another bridge and pathway. We didn’t get too far beyond the bridge but the shady area and the breezes blowing in the trees and surface of the lake beckoned us to sit back and take a nap. We headed back and ended the trip. Total time was 75 minutes.

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Members That Participated

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tonetom

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate to Strenuous

Norfolk, VA

United States

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