West Neck Water Level Report

When Skip Schaible stopped by the marina on his way home from church today, he snapped this picture, which shows the water level at 2.7 feet. At 3:15, when I stopped by for a look, the miserably muddy water was touching the 3-foot mark. I watched a kayaker load his craft, then observed that the water was about 2 feet above the joint in the ramp (on the high side), and climbed back in my van to come home.

Skip told me there was a guy at the ramp during his visit who looked like he had backed his trailer too far and had gone off the end of the concrete. He said the guy was in the water when he first got there, and a couple other fellas were helping him. Skip said the guy in the water eventually hopped into his boat--a Tracker. The trailer still was there when Skip rode back by later, so the guy must have solved his problem and gone on fishing--with or without a change of dry clothes.

The bird in this photo that Skip also took at West Neck is what we believe to be an American eagle. It's not at all unusual to find these creatures in the area of the marina. They're part of the reason I so enjoy spending time at West Neck.