I recently got together with a few other hammock campers to kayak the Suwannee River for 5 days and 4 nights. I have to admit that I’ve never been on a kayaking trip for that long before. So when I was asked to join this motley group of guys/girls I said sign me up. The added benefit was that they were coming south instead of me driving north to meet up. The Suwannee river starts in the Okefenokee Swamp in the town of Fargo, Georgia. and empties into the Gulf of Mexico on the outskirts of Suwanee, Florida. The Suwannee…
Sipsey Wilderness Trip Report
I finally got some time to hang and I thought I would share the route we took in the Sipsey Wilderness. If you’ve never been, please check it out. October 20-23, 2016. No fires in the Sipsey Wilderness and various other counties across Alabama because of severe drought conditions. We didn’t have a problem finding water. Thursday – October 20th We starting off at the Sipsey River trail head. We followed trail 200 until we came to the 209 crossing. Here we crossed the dry river bed. Normally this crossing you have to wade across, but with the drought we…