http://uscgeography.com Richard Bernabe's RiverVenture Journal Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:17:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The last leg of Richard's trip is a gauntlet of mosquitoes, coastal development and industry. [youtube T2tWv0dV5ZA] http://uscgeography.com/?p=76 Toward the end of Richard's trip, Striped bass leap out of the water in an aquatic ballet on the Cooper River. Can you explain? [youtube j1e3Cy7UhOM] http://uscgeography.com/?p=75 Richard departs from Stony Landing and Old Santee Canal Park (www.oldsanteecanalpark.org), and continues his adventure on the Cooper River. [youtube tPBlbtE6jcs] http://uscgeography.com/?p=74 Willard Strong of Santee Cooper describes the inland navigation route created by the project and how it figured into the filming of The Hunley. The unique habitat of the Striped Bass is also discussed. [youtube 9kd30bt3LL8] http://uscgeography.com/?p=73 Richard has lunch with us at Stony Landing, a part of the Old Santee Canal Park. Willard Strong, a representative of Santee Cooper, drops by and drops some knowledge on the surrounding area. (part 1) [youtube 9DXSphJGRto] http://uscgeography.com/?p=72 Richard exits Lake Moultrie at the Pinopolis Dam, where a lock transports him into the Cooper River basin that will lead him toward Charleston. [youtube v4MoQMza6xo nolink] http://uscgeography.com/?p=70 Richard's canoe adventure slogs through twelve hours and twenty-two miles of flat water toward the diversion canal that leads to Lake Moultrie. [youtube gHZm1RxncPQ nolink] http://uscgeography.com/?p=69 Conditions are rough and rainy on days 15 and 16, so Richard recharges and takes refuge at Santee State Park. [youtube MAzRdrOdi44 nolink] http://uscgeography.com/?p=68 With alligators to his left, and wind and waves to his right, Richard is between a rock and a hard place... [youtube 9Z7vDFRRdS4 nolink] http://uscgeography.com/?p=67 Richard breaks through to the Rimini Swamp, a Coastal Plain lowland environment teeming with wildlife. [youtube 4DjiErD2MLs nolink] http://uscgeography.com/?p=66