Jones Creek Launch Ramp

 19 Apr 23:

Did more recon of local launch spots, there are nice ramps, fixed docks and a floating dock at Jones Creek. Most people would turn right off the end of the ramp and head to the Pagan River, but not Skipper. She wants to see how far upstream she can go, to look for ancestral land and a clay pit, where clay for colonial brick was harvested.

Mucking About in Small Boats

 26 Dec 22:

We don't mess about, we like to muck about. If we find water that goes over the top of our muck boots then we might be in too deep. Here's a chart of one area we'd like to explore just off the entrance to the James River. Depths of 1/2 foot charted, low bridges, pilings. Probably remnants of trade schooners and steam packets swirling around in the confluence of the rivers and creeks.

In the late 1600s-early 1700s pretty much every creek had some type of water powered mill operating and small boats going every which way. Large schooners, 3-4 masted, operated in and out of the Pagan River, heading to far away places with timber, pork, produce and tobacco, among other things.