Lol.. me too.. dont you love the traffic at the little draw bridge in deep creek !.. I travel it every day and wonder what it would be like on the canal on a boat
I have wanted to see the Dismal Swamp since I was young. This video showed it is like I picture. As if you are the only person on earth. Thanks for sharing.
Wound up taking the Dismal Swamp route by mistake once...at night... a moonless night, on board a 90 foot 60 ton head boat. To say we were glad to get to the lock and tie up until morning is an understatement.
We went thru in 2014 when Robert was lock master. RIP Robert. He told us to just take our time on our journey to the Florida Keys. He also said forget about time. You'll get there when you get there. Enjoy the trip.
I really enjoyed this. My mother who is 100 yrs old , visited the dismal swamp and went on a canoe tour of the swamp in the 1940's. She said the guide was a older gentleman with a white beard who recited the "Lady of the Lake" from memory. He also insisted that they drink the water from the swamp as it had healing properties. He rinsed out a old tin can and that was passed around.
I had read the same claims about the healing properties. It was treasured back in the day. I believe George Washington also had the same beliefs and used it for his troops.
Fun Fast: Tannic water is safer to drink if you dont have access to boiling etc than most regualr water sources due to the high ph? that kills off many bacteria
Stopped at the school also. Was befriended by the school's minister who gave us the use of his personal automobile to go shopping. A super guy! He even ran a water hose out to our boat for our convenience while we were there (3 days I think)
I lived in Elizabeth City for about a year, a little over 20 years ago when I was still in the Navy. Neat little town. Some of the biggest snakes I have ever seen in the wild I saw there in Pasquotank County.
Lambs Marina, and now renovated restaurant in Camden is now open. This Albemarle area is my home. I was also born in Belhaven. Brackish life. Cool to see a video of it. Thanks for the journey down the “as I know it” George Washington canal!
This one was really enjoyable. I have the same drone as you and I would have had that thing flying everywhere through those swamps......beautiful! Always appreciate the shout out you give to the nice folks you meet along the way.
In my teens in the 80s I worked a sightseeing boat from the James to the Great Dismal Swamp, back then there were four locks and you had to wait there was so much traffic. They have tried to allow the swamp to reclaim, stupid if you ask me will cost Virginia in the future when the ICW is impassable through the swamp. Oh and you noted the color of the water, back in the day we called it the coke a cola river.
You’ve definitely got to avoid using the “return to home” button. I’ve seen a few boating videos where they forgot that their boat had moved on from the launch point 😂
I was a little kid had in the early 60's when my dad brought me and my brother through here in our little 17 foot Thompson. I remember seeing snakes and that made an impression. Would love to revisit. Great video
That “abandoned” bridge is for access to private property on the other side. Farmland, house, barn. I’ve done some dove hunting there. If you noticed, the bridge is stored on the south (right) side of the canal. It can be extended over the canal when needed.
Just bought a 2007 341 last week for traveling the Great Lakes with my wife and three small kids and just wanted to say how much we enjoy your videos and how much they have helped us with knowledge on maintenance on this boat. Safe travels and keep them coming, great work!
In my younger years I was in a Sea Explorer Ship in Norfolk and we rowed from Town Point to Elizabeth City every Summer, over-nighting at the South Mills Lock. Our best time was 13 hours and 16 minutes.
Just stumbled on this channel... Wow, does this bring back some wonderful memories! Next opportunity you have to stop at the DSwamp Visitor's Center, they keep daily entry book of those vessels and crew who've stopped and registered. My first trip through the canal was with my Dad in 2000. We came back a few years later and they dug out our old entry and made us a copy. For me the really interesting info was about the water that looks like root beer. A little research revealed that sailing vessels preparing for extended time at sea would load up their water barrels with this swamp water. The chemicals in it coming from the swamp made the water great to drink and it would last for months at sea. Be well, be safe!
Awesome. I'd love to do this. Reminds me of a book called "Voyage of the Paper Canoe". Nathaniel Holmes Bishop. Dude traveled from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico in 1874. He basically bet that he could get to the gulf entirely on rivers, canals and the ICW. Fascinating read.
I can vouch for the traffic hating you at the George Washington bridge just past the lock. I have to close a lane right there once or twice a year to exercise some valves for the waste water system and i have never been cursed at by so many people than there. People just dont have any patience anymore.That bridge is set to be rebuilt and widened here in not too long and should hopefully ease congestion.
Really enjoyable watch. As a UK based boater I'm envious of how beautifully maintained everything is. The facilities on the inland waterways in the east of England where I'm based are shocking in comparison.
Congrats on the the first day or leg in your adventure. My Granddaughter still talks about you saying hello to her on the TV lol 6 yrs old and she is extra lol 😂
Absolutely awesome 👍 Made the trip from Cape May NJ to Ft. Lauderdale in 1991 on my parents brand new 45 Viking Yacht. Your videos bring back awesome and cherished memories. Like taking the trip all over again. Not much has changed. Keep up the amazing videos. Tight Lines and fair seas
What you thought was an old train track is a bridge that a farmer extends to move farm machinery across the canal. Those little floats you passed have a chain running across the canal usually on the bottom so they hop on and pull themselves across.
I was born in Long Island & reside in Florida Thank God! I've built boats for Meridian and some of that green crap may be Cyanobacteria which is very common in fresh water
I worked with the local power utility for many years up that way. Many of the sites in your video I have seen over those years, but never from your perspective... always from the banks. It was like a trip down memory lane as you progressed. Thanks for sharing. That was awesome.
Right about 6:30 in the video, you passed a set of barges that are used to move farm equipment and right after that is the cut to Lake Drummond. Wild grapes in the fall of the year.
This is why I love RUclips. I had never even heard of the Dismal Swamp. Thanks for sharing your trip. Looks pretty amazing.
Goin on a boat trip from the comfort of inside
@@HeilRay Only if it's bad weather, otherwise put me out there. Too many places to boat all of them, but my goal is to die trying.
Turn that boat around and go back to ny... sincerely a real Floridian🖕
Me too! My son often calls “What are you up to?” “I’m traveling via RUclips!” I’ve learned so much!
This looks like a place where the mosquitos consider something like "OFF" or "Deet" as human salad dressing.
There is a multi use trail that runs parallel to the water. It's the biting flies that are terrible.
@@rayb1330 I can believe it. Horse flies can bite like Hell.
A torrent of biting flies is omnipresent.
It 100% is. I used to live about a mile from there.
Off is on, and Deet is sweet!
The Skeeters!
Drove down 17 many times and wondered what a trip on Dismal would be like! Thanks for sharing. Now I know!
Lol.. me too.. dont you love the traffic at the little draw bridge in deep creek !.. I travel it every day and wonder what it would be like on the canal on a boat
Super good movie. Many greetings from Denmark 👍
Wow boats are gas guzzlers, i knew this, just didnt know it was that bad!!
This speed is their high mpg
I have wanted to see the Dismal Swamp since I was young. This video showed it is like I picture. As if you are the only person on earth. Thanks for sharing.
Wound up taking the Dismal Swamp route by mistake once...at night... a moonless night, on board a 90 foot 60 ton head boat. To say we were glad to get to the lock and tie up until morning is an understatement.
Wow ..did ya do any prop damage?
Thanks, that was one of the best video logs of a trip on the Dismal Swamp Canal I think I have seen. That trip has been on my bucket list for a while.
My first trip through the "Great Dismal Swamp". Interesting and it didn't cost me.
Thanks for the ride. 🎉
We went thru in 2014 when Robert was lock master. RIP Robert. He told us to just take our time on our journey to the Florida Keys. He also said forget about time. You'll get there when you get there. Enjoy the trip.
Wise man!
Do they live in that little house or is it just the office?
@terryt2728 I think just the office. Every lock I’ve seen has a sizable operating station but no beds that I saw. 😂
Ahhh so true...that's the entire point is to enjoy the journey 🎉
Bizarre, eerie landscape
water color in the dismal looked Amazonian very interesting lil slice of the u.s.
The reflection makes a good photo
My goodness that is such a gorgeous view and journey in the channel.
I really enjoyed this. My mother who is 100 yrs old , visited the dismal swamp and went on a canoe tour of the swamp in the 1940's. She said the guide was a older gentleman with a white beard who recited the "Lady of the Lake" from memory. He also insisted that they drink the water from the swamp as it had healing properties. He rinsed out a old tin can and that was passed around.
The last part is insane
@@alexandrep4913 Well she lived to 100 so...
I had read the same claims about the healing properties. It was treasured back in the day. I believe George Washington also had the same beliefs and used it for his troops.
Fun Fast: Tannic water is safer to drink if you dont have access to boiling etc than most regualr water sources due to the high ph? that kills off many bacteria
The signs on the 95 through Virginia always cracked me up “ The Great Dismal Swamp”
it is a very dangerous,, place ,our military does not train there it is no joke
This was so relaxing. I thoroughly enjoyed this trip. Thank you.
Stopped at the school also. Was befriended by the school's minister who gave us the use of his personal automobile to go shopping. A super guy! He even ran a water hose out to our boat for our convenience while we were there (3 days I think)
When you're reading off the spreadsheet, I got a real strong Teddy from Bob's Buger's vibe. Thanks for sharing!
beautiful views, living in A houseboat is my dream.
Life’s too short. Do it!
Interesting. Of all the deliveries through the years, I've never gone this route. I usually do Great Bridge to Coinjock to Albermarle Sound.
I wouldn’t take the swamp route on deliveries unless the sound is whipped up bad.
I lived in Elizabeth City for about a year, a little over 20 years ago when I was still in the Navy. Neat little town. Some of the biggest snakes I have ever seen in the wild I saw there in Pasquotank County.
Very informative. Laid back cruise! Thanks for taking the time to make the video it was awesome.
ports... muth. = portsmouth... I'm a local so I know. great vid.
thanks for the rarely seen scenery and your calm style.
The creek is eerily beautiful with the lush green going right down to the water
Two true athletes conquering the world!
Lambs Marina, and now renovated restaurant in Camden is now open. This Albemarle area is my home. I was also born in Belhaven. Brackish life. Cool to see a video of it. Thanks for the journey down the “as I know it” George Washington canal!
This is incredible, thanks for sharing you adventure
I been wanting to take my cruiser on this trip ..I don't have a good navigation software yet...
The Navionics app or Aquamaps are affordable alternatives to use when navigating with a tablet with gps capabilities. Or even you smartphone.
Great video! "Dismal Swamp" was one of my favorite lessons back in middle school!
Thanks for the ride!
How surreal, with that perfect reflection....
The very last ( other 70 miles offshore) that you want to breakdown at. Beautiful swamp..coming from a Floridian!
This one was really enjoyable. I have the same drone as you and I would have had that thing flying everywhere through those swamps......beautiful! Always appreciate the shout out you give to the nice folks you meet along the way.
Did you Notice the drone hit a tree branch? I cut it off just as it hit but thankfully it didn’t drop into the canal. Lol
Springtime Pine pollen, welcome to the Southeast.
In my teens in the 80s I worked a sightseeing boat from the James to the Great Dismal Swamp, back then there were four locks and you had to wait there was so much traffic. They have tried to allow the swamp to reclaim, stupid if you ask me will cost Virginia in the future when the ICW is impassable through the swamp. Oh and you noted the color of the water, back in the day we called it the coke a cola river.
Brave flying a drone near trees over water! But it's what gave us such great footage. I'm adding this detour to our future plans on the Great Loop.
Brave or stupidity. Lol. It struck a branch and luckily didn’t crash. You can see that footage in the video. I cut it just as it hit branch. Lol
You’ve definitely got to avoid using the “return to home” button. I’ve seen a few boating videos where they forgot that their boat had moved on from the launch point 😂
I was a little kid had in the early 60's when my dad brought me and my brother through here in our little 17 foot Thompson. I remember seeing snakes and that made an impression.
Would love to revisit. Great video
New subscriber from Italia here!
Enjoyed the Video and excursion.... good thin ya had the fun beofe Ian and the Nicole weather stuff
ya woulsa been surfin
Yep, nothing more heart-stopping than hearing a "sunker" bang into the hull, or pick up a prop shimmy you didn't have a couple minutes ago.
Wow this was interesting to watch, a real different environment from what I grew up in on Oahu.
Well that was different. So interesting the different parts of our country. Thanks for sharing
Thank you I’m gonna b a shrimp boat captain when I grow up
Reminds me of the St Joseph River
That “abandoned” bridge is for access to private property on the other side. Farmland, house, barn. I’ve done some dove hunting there. If you noticed, the bridge is stored on the south (right) side of the canal. It can be extended over the canal when needed.
The Intracoastal waterway is up and down the east Coast !
It was good seeing this video. I used to go canoeing in the canals there back in the mid-80s. The water looks like coffee.
Great video. Thank you.
Passing through some good fishing holes......
Living my dream… I miss my meridian 341!!
Canal boat speed that won't hurt anything. Stay safe guys
Just bought a 2007 341 last week for traveling the Great Lakes with my wife and three small kids and just wanted to say how much we enjoy your videos and how much they have helped us with knowledge on maintenance on this boat.
Safe travels and keep them coming, great work!
Thanks and good luck! Any questions you have, let me know!
oh my, howd that Go
Went great!
@@BoatingCharlie Chas.... Prep. your ride for salt water ahead of time. Lakes are great but salt is briney. 🧂
Tom - what a fascinating journey. Seems so remote and distant - until you put the bird up into the air. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So beautiful so green!
I’m one of those landlubber who loves the swamp and to stop at the rest area and park.
Looks like a fun place to visit. Wish we had time to stay overnight
Blackbeard (the pirate) used to stay in Elizabeth City as his homebase I hear. Lots of cool history for that town.
I cross the deep creek bridge everyday for work - 2 times. Live in EC. They have a new bridge going in NOW!!!
I pretty much take this route (By land) every day at work! Awesome to see it from the water's point of view. I'm dying for a boat! LOL! Great Video!
Get a boat with a enclosed wheel house unless you like the mosquitos !
Looks like a great adventure. Enjoy!
Thanks for the trip captain
In my younger years I was in a Sea Explorer Ship in Norfolk and we rowed from
Town Point to Elizabeth City every Summer, over-nighting at the South Mills Lock.
Our best time was 13 hours and 16 minutes.
I used to live in Elizabeth City. I miss it tremendously. What an amazing area.
Just stumbled on this channel... Wow, does this bring back some wonderful memories! Next opportunity you have to stop at the DSwamp Visitor's Center, they keep daily entry book of those vessels and crew who've stopped and registered. My first trip through the canal was with my Dad in 2000. We came back a few years later and they dug out our old entry and made us a copy. For me the really interesting info was about the water that looks like root beer. A little research revealed that sailing vessels preparing for extended time at sea would load up their water barrels with this swamp water. The chemicals in it coming from the swamp made the water great to drink and it would last for months at sea. Be well, be safe!
Awesome. I'd love to do this. Reminds me of a book called "Voyage of the Paper Canoe". Nathaniel Holmes Bishop. Dude traveled from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico in 1874. He basically bet that he could get to the gulf entirely on rivers, canals and the ICW. Fascinating read.
Dismal swamp is quite tranquil
Been making this drive pretty often that runs parallel to this! Cool to see what it looks like from a boat POV
Great video. Thanks for making and sharing...
This is a nice little cabin cruiser nice trip on the water soon pleasant
Loved that trip, alway liked the Dismal Swamp.
Enjoyed it. That dismal swamp was beautiful! Thanks for taking us along.
I can vouch for the traffic hating you at the George Washington bridge just past the lock. I have to close a lane right there once or twice a year to exercise some valves for the waste water system and i have never been cursed at by so many people than there. People just dont have any patience anymore.That bridge is set to be rebuilt and widened here in not too long and should hopefully ease congestion.
You’re a great find… loved the video.
7:36 - Wow that could be a bit disorienting. What a cool journey!
Way cool video. Visited Dismal Swamp once, but your video shows a whole lot more from a boat. Very enjoyable to watch.
Fantastic! Love your video and commentary! Safe Travels!
WOW the river is so calm. beautiful reflections
I went on bicycle ride thru parts of that area . pretty nice .
Really enjoyable watch. As a UK based boater I'm envious of how beautifully maintained everything is. The facilities on the inland waterways in the east of England where I'm based are shocking in comparison.
'Merica
Awesome video
Congrats on the the first day or leg in your adventure. My Granddaughter still talks about you saying hello to her on the TV lol 6 yrs old and she is extra lol 😂
That’s great! Lol
This is Awesome!
This is a cool video, I live in EC myself. I'm surprised to see this video recommended to me lol
Very cool part of the ICW. I’ll have to explore it myself someday. Thanks for sharing.
thanks so much for recording this - so cool. From Pittsburgh.
I really like your spreadsheet, great information! Enjoy your videos!
Peace.
When the trip videos are done we’ll do a recap and take all that info and analyze it.
Absolutely awesome 👍
Made the trip from Cape May NJ to Ft. Lauderdale in 1991 on my parents brand new 45 Viking Yacht. Your videos bring back awesome and cherished memories. Like taking the trip all over again. Not much has changed. Keep up the amazing videos. Tight Lines and fair seas
Just started following your channel. What a great way to see America. Completely different perspective. Very cool.
The swamp transit was very cool looked calming too.
Except when we hit things. Lol
Beautiful scenery for a Dismal Swamp. Loved the extra video.
Greener than I remember but the same seawater strainer problem , stay safe out there 👍👍🇺🇸
I am really enjoying this series! The drone footage is amazing! I appreciate the commentary you provide. You are living the life, brother!
Very interesting trip. Please show more.
We have a whole 1500 miles of more! Keep watching our series!
What you thought was an old train track is a bridge that a farmer extends to move farm machinery across the canal. Those little floats you passed have a chain running across the canal usually on the bottom so they hop on and pull themselves across.
I was born in Long Island & reside in Florida Thank God! I've built boats for Meridian and some of that green crap may be Cyanobacteria which is very common in fresh water
Fascinating creek
I worked with the local power utility for many years up that way. Many of the sites in your video I have seen over those years, but never from your perspective... always from the banks. It was like a trip down memory lane as you progressed. Thanks for sharing. That was awesome.
Absolutely Beautiful I would love to do something like this I honestly knew nothing of this kind of deal. Wow 👌
cool scenery, well narrated video
'editing dept. gets a big A
'safe boating to you
Incredible excursion! Best wishes for a brilliant future.
Right about 6:30 in the video, you passed a set of barges that are used to move farm equipment and right after that is the cut to Lake Drummond. Wild grapes in the fall of the year.