We went to the Great Dismal Swamp visitors center today. I had wanted to bike some of the 21 miles of trail they have, but hurricane Sandy is heading this way and we did not want to get caught in it. We are on our way to visit my cousin Betsy( Lucille’s daughter for those of you familiar with my family) in Chapel Hill which is predicted to only be on the very fringe of the storm. We were going to just drive half way, but when we got there John decided to just keep going. A long, long day of driving. We are now camped at Jordan Lake, North Carolina for the weekend.
Welcome to the dismal swamp. This is the George Washington canal. It is part of the intercoastal waterway. It used to used to ship cargo and to access the swamp so they could log it. Now it is mostly used for pleasure boats. It runs along the east side of the swamp. Most of the swamp east of here has been drained for farmland. The two boats in the distance are high tailing it from the storm. They were going to just tie up here, but they were told the barge that comes thru and takes out the downed trees won’t be thru for another 2 weeks, so they will be stuck. We are standing on a bridge that goes to the state park, it can be swung out of the way for boats to go by.
board walk in the swamp. A beauty bush, love those purple berries.
John posted this photo of the rain fall projections from Sandy. The middle is expecting 12 inches of rain at this time, hurricane winds etc. It will change before the storm actually hits, but he has our locations the last couple days- today is the 26th. We are on the fringe of the storm here. A cotton field seen out the window driving thru northern North Carolina. Lots of cotton and soy beans here.
Our campsite at Jordan Lake. Sunset on the lake.
A kayaker on the lake at sunset. I am going to try to get out tomorrow on the lake, before the rain starts. The last photo is three kayakers on the lake at sunset.
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