Below you will find information to the area where a great deal of the photo's were taken. We are having a great time traveling through this area; so glad we took the Dismal Swamp route even though the water depth was scary at times. The story goes: "Often noted & dually quoted we aware of things that go bump". The logs are submerged and with the mirror imaging it is very difficult to see them, not to mention you really cannot go around them!
If you would like to know more about the pictures feel free to email me I will explain them further.
We hope you all are enjoying your summer as well.
We are currently moored in Portsmouth, Virginia. We will leave KA-DEE-ANNA here for a week or so while we head up to Michigan to meet the newest addition to our family. Riley Anne Allar a beautiful new granddaughter. Feeling very blessed.
Ed & Cindy
Lake DrummondHistoric and scenic Lake Drummond is bowl-shaped with acid-stained water, due to the organic acids leaching into the water from surrounding swamp and peat soils. The lake pH normally ranges from four to five. This low pH severely limits the species of fish found there; the low nutrient levels limit the fish biomass. The lake has crappie, yellow perch, chain pickerel, flier, and bullhead catfish. Its best sport fishing is for crappie during the spring. Bowfin and longnose gar are the most abundant predator species in the lake. These grow to a large size and will offer a 'heart-thumping' fight if hooked. Lake Drummond is fairly large (3,142 acres) and, as such, can get very treacherous in strong winds. However, the lake is shallow (maximum depth six feet). Boating access to Lake Drummond is either by a feeder ditch off the Dismal Swamp Canal (east side of lake) or a road through the refuge from the west.The closest state ramp to the feeder ditch is on the Dismal Swamp canal along Route 17, south of Deep Creek. It is approximately three miles up the ditch to a lock, and self-operated winch and rail, which can pull boats up to the lake. The lock is managed and serviced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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