http://www.aacounty.org/recparks/parks/community/beverlytriton.cfm
After having to carry our kayaks a good distance yesterday, we were looking for a place that had easy water access. This place lets you pull up to the beach, unload everything then you can move your car to the parking lot.
Similar drive from DC as yesterday's trip, about an hour out Rte. 50 east towards Annapolis. Along the way there were plenty of gas stations, ice, food options. Chad wants to stop at Chad's BBQ whose sign advertised "best chicken wings in MD." There were also a handful of other BBQ options along the way. We arrived around 1:15 pm and were probably in the water by 1:30 pm.
The beach at the launch site was really nice, lots of families enjoying the water. We put in and paddled to the right towards the Rhode River. The shore is protected most of the way by breakers which protected us from the waves and wakes of the larger boats farther out in the Bay. Most of the shore had small beaches and we got out at a few to rest, eat, swim. This area was a lot less populated than yesterday's trip. Some of the swimming spots we stopped at were a little murky but overall I would say there are good swimming options.
We did have to be cautious of the nesting Ospreys and various other birds. They build their very large nests on the ends of docks and breakers. It was pretty clear they were watching us as we paddled by. We were both wary of getting dive bombed by an aggressive bird but luckily that didn't happen. Very cool to see them flying overhead at such close distances.
We continued along the shore line into the Rhode River. There is some sort of camp there and we took advantage of their swimming hole/beach as no one was using either. There were some small sailboats out and some larger boats going up/down the river. We didn't venture too far into the river as our arms were so sore from yesterday.
On our way back we paddled past the launch beach towards the opening of the South River. This location is a good spot as you can paddle either direction for some nice scenery. Playing in the waves was also fun and we probably would have lasted longer had we not been so exhausted from the day before. A storm came in as we were leaving but we got out just in time around 5:30 pm. This is a good place if you are short on time as you can customize the trip according to the amount of time you have available.
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