Dismal Swamp Canal Pictures

It's impossible to feel like anything in life is hurried while you are on the Dismal Swamp Canal

Reflections

The canal covered by duckweed looks surreal

A close up of the duckweeds

When we got to Elizabeth City we heard that several other boats had severe trouble with the duckweed. Their engine cooling water intakes would suck it in and clog up their filters. They overheated and had to stop and clean the filters every few minutes. One boat had to ask to be towed. Other boats, like Tarwathie, apparently have intakes far enough below the surface that they didn't suck in any weed. I checked our filter and saw no trace of the duckweed.