The group from Somerset County is a fine example of how people can participate in programs at Sedge no matter how old they are. While I do not know their exact ages, I do know that at least three women were in their seventies and one turned eighty-three the day after she left the island. Fourteen people paddled 1.2 miles to the island on Friday before lunch. After eating, we paddled an additional mile in the marsh south of the Sedge House. We stopped to pick some of the last big mussels before they all die from the warm water. We ate an incredible dinner prepared by the trip leaders before retiring for the night.
This group paddled and paddled and paddled. No one seemed tired after yesterday’s trips of more than two miles so we just kept going. On Saturday we had no trouble covering the seven miles to and from the dike. Sunday morning many participants got up before sunrise to greet the dawn on the water. Nine of us paddled “Beluga” our big canoe. Others joined us in kayaks as we paddled around Gull Island and around the north side of Sedge. After breakfast many people elected to join Tom as he led the group through the narrow mosquito ditches to the Oyster Creek Channel and back. Others stayed on the island to snorkel in the thorofare. Naturally the group paddled back to the dock at the end of their stay. I estimate that most of these folks paddled nearly fifteen miles in the time they were at Sedge. Not bad for senior citizens.
Jim Merritt
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