Wading River Over Its Banks

[this_is_nascar]

As some of you know, I have a seasonal campsite at the Wading Pines Camping Resort. Like just about every week in the summer, we headed down there Friday evening, only to be me with locked gates. Walking along Godfrey Bridge Road into the State campground, we quickly saw why. The Wading River was damn near touch the bottom of the bridge and had totally taken out the entire back part of the campground, where the cabins and back roads run. The campground staff have no idea when it will reopen. It even appeared that on the other side of the bridge, a gate bar had stopped entrance from that direction as well.

What a mess.

 

[dogg57]

So was the water higher then this shot was taken On Wednesday 9/05/12(not my Photo)

 

[pineywoman]

Thanks Nascar. I was planning on kayaking the Wading tomorrow. Looks like I will have to postpone it to another day. Hope all is okay with your 2nd home, campsite!

 

[noboat]

Thanks Nascar. I was planning on kayaking the Wading tomorrow. Looks like I will have to postpone it to another day. Hope all is okay with your 2nd home, campsite!

You should be ok in a kayak.

 

[manumuskin]

high water is good water as long as your quick with the paddle. Gabe can get psycho with high water though.

 

[pineywoman]

I'm pretty good. I go out on the ocean at times and can be really tough and choppy with the tide. Just don't want to be dangerous. I'll call them (Mick's early tomorrow, to get the latest). Thanks guys. Trying to get my Pine Adventures in because I'm going back to work. Won't have much time for the pines

 

[this_is_nascar]

Not sure it was quite that high. From what I could tell, someone in a canoe would not be able to make it going under that bridge as of the way it looked last night.

 

[Boyd]

More rain is coming...

 

[manumuskin]

I checked the usgs gague at godfreys on the net and the water went up 6.5 ft.It has since came down 2.5 ft to 14.0 ft.it is below the red zone now which is 15.0.it topped out at just under 17.0 ft.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv?site_no=01409810

 

[pineywoman]

Hopefully, this storm doesn't ruin it for tomorrow. AWESOME day today. Went to Audrey Lake, Menantico, and Manumuskin. Found ruins at menantico and muskin, but not what I wanted no fries mills. And 4 BLUE HOLES. All by myself and it was fun and a little scary at certain points.

 

[pineywoman]

Keep us posted on the levels. Truly appreciate it! All of you Pineys rock!

 

[this_is_nascar]

Hopefully, this storm doesn't ruin it for tomorrow. AWESOME day today. Went to Audrey Lake, Menantico, and Manumuskin. Found ruins at menantico and muskin, but not what I wanted no fries mills. And 4 BLUE HOLES. All by myself and it was fun and a little scary at certain points.

Be careful with that "all by myself" thing. I totally get what being solo in the Pines feels like, but you need to be careful out there. At a minimum, make sure you have a cell phone with you, you let someone know where you'll be and about what time you think you'll be back.

 

[pineywoman]

Oh definitely. Always a cell in my hand!

 

[pineywoman]

Haha. Well. Mick's is not letting anyone out on the water they said. So heading to New Hope on this gorgeous day.

 

[pinelandpaddler]

high water is good water as long as your quick with the paddle. Gabe can get psycho with high water though.

Tru dat. Ed Campbell took me on the Skit Branch yesterday. Incredible little run that is.

 

[manumuskin]

Were there any nasty hydraulics? How about any good haystacks?