Sojourn hits the water splashing

By TOM KANE

NARROWSBURG, NY — About 70 canoeists and kayakers gathered on a bank of the Delaware River at 8:00 a.m. at Lander’s Campground to begin the 10th Annual Delaware River Sojourn on Monday, June 8.

The sojourners experienced the river at a height of 4.21 feet with the temperature at 61 degrees.

“The sojourn is a celebration of the National Wild and Scenic River,” said coordinator of the trip, Sandy Schultz, of the National Park Service.

“The sojourn will last for eight days, from Narrowsburg to Palmyra Cove Nature Park in New Jersey,” Schultz said.

Departing on the first leg of the journey, the boaters paddled for 6.3 miles to Ten Mile River where they ate lunch. Resuming their journey they proceeded to Lackawaxen, PA for a rest and thence the 1.6 mile stretch to Lander’s Minisink Ford base where they participated in an evening program with Peter Osborne on the Battle of Minisink.

During the remaining seven days, the group will make stops at Bushkill, PA, Worthington State Forest in NJ, Washington’s Crossing State Park, Crosswicks Creek to Bordentown and Palmyra, where they will explore Pennsauken Creek.

“The sojourn is a way for people to come together and explore the resources of the Delaware River,” said Dave Forney, superintendent of the National Park Service. “It promotes stewardship of the river and appreciation of this great resource.”