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| Margo Pellegrino's Blog Things are happening all over!Now that Shore11.org is officially launched, here's my official first blog! Things green are happening all over, as more and more people realize that the security of our future generations depends on conserving our natural resources and managing them in a sustainable manner, especially our ocean resources. The desire to avert certain ocean-destruction manifests itself in some interesting personal challenges of late. Read more » From MD to VAOn the water Waterfront--Ridge, MD, to Colonial Beach, VA. , Colonial Beach, VA-above Fairview Beach, VA. What an awesome first couple of days on the Potomac. I left a bit later than I planned, but that was okay. Had plenty of orange juice, coffee, and an awesome sandwich at Scheibel's and then paddled out. It's so nice to be able to beach the boat on land where it can be stored upside down and out of the water. I'm actually getting some barnacles growing in the drainage holes in the footwells. Read more » On the PotomacWhat a warm day it was in the water. It was also suprisingly calm and flat. Almost as if the Chesapeake had decided to let me go. This past portion was as chancey with the weather and conditions as I expected. As usual, I feel lucky it wasn't worse. Last night I met two fishermen who couldn't get out, they said, for two days because of the wind and chop. Perhaps they should ditch their dingy for an outrigger canoe! Read more » Baltimore AquariumDay off in Balt'moreRight now I'm enjoying a day off in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The last couple of days have been real adventures. I'll spare some of the details involving our dockage in Essington, PA, and leave that to Carl, my husband, and now my weekend "chase-car driver." Read more » Preparing to PaddleIt's warm and steamy here in Medford Lakes, NJ. My kids, Billy and Julia, are happily soaking each other with their water squirters in the lake while I sit here and type. We're lucky to live on a lake that's swimmable and clean. In so many areas of the world, kids have no access to clean water. Fortunately, leaders in the past have made conservation a priority, as that is the key to a secure future. We need to manage our resources so we can count on them being there for our future generations. Read more » Taking Washington by CanoeJune 30-July 15, 2008 http://www.miami2maine.com/ On June 30, I depart to paddle 500 miles from my home in New Jersey to Washington, DC, with a message in a bottle for coastal Congresspeople. |
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Last summer, I paddled my outrigger canoe up the East Coast to share my passion for restoring our oceans. This summer, I am back on the water, with an urgent call to action: take the crucial, first step to help our endangered oceans to pass Oceans 21. 
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