LIVE IN NEW JERSEY LOOKING FOR A NEW 4 TO 5 DAY CAMPING TRIP. SOLO TRIPPER SO OUT AND BACK OR A RELIABLE SHUTTLE SERVICE IS OF MOST IMPORTANCE. JAMES RIVER POPPED UP,ALLEGHENY,SUSQUEHANNA TO NAME A FEW. SHUTTLE IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE. REACHING OUT FOR ANSWERS TO SHUTTLE OR OTHER OPTIONS AS TO LAKES WITH ISLAND CAMPING. HAVE PADDLED THE DELAWEAR TWO TIMES GREAT PADDLE. LAKE GEORGE ALSO A GOOD PADDLE. TP IN THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
ALSO CAN ANYONE UPDATE THE FLORIDA EVERGLADS CONDITIONS. ANYONE INTERESTED IN DOING A CAMPING TRIP THATS ALSO A OPTION. OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.
Maine Island Trail
Portland ME not that far
Everglades open. Chickees north of Broad River closed. They have no roofs and guano is deep. No porta potties. The barge sank
Island camping open
No water in Everglades City. Fill before
Raccoons mean. The mangroves are bare so their usual water source done
We leave for a backcountry trip tomorrow
@SCOTTNJ said:
LIVE IN NEW JERSEY LOOKING FOR A NEW 4 TO 5 DAY CAMPING TRIP. SOLO TRIPPER SO OUT AND BACK OR A RELIABLE SHUTTLE SERVICE IS OF MOST IMPORTANCE. JAMES RIVER POPPED UP,ALLEGHENY,SUSQUEHANNA TO NAME A FEW. SHUTTLE IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE. REACHING OUT FOR ANSWERS TO SHUTTLE OR OTHER OPTIONS AS TO LAKES WITH ISLAND CAMPING. HAVE PADDLED THE DELAWEAR TWO TIMES GREAT PADDLE. LAKE GEORGE ALSO A GOOD PADDLE. TP IN THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
ALSO CAN ANYONE UPDATE THE FLORIDA EVERGLADS CONDITIONS. ANYONE INTERESTED IN DOING A CAMPING TRIP THATS ALSO A OPTION. OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.
Check out the Suwannee River in North Florida. Put in at Fargo Georgia and camp on beautiful sand banks in the wilderness as you head down river. Also there are some nice state sheltered camp sites along the way too.
You can get a shuttle from American Canoe Adventures (ACA) in White Springs Florida. Ask them about the water level conditions too, since the level varies at different times of the year
there is one portage around “Big Shoals”
Jack L
Order yourself the excellent set of river guides to the West Branch Susquehanna River in North Central PA. The waterproof set of maps is only $17 and contains all kinds of information on paddling this 228 mile river, which is one of the prettiest in the Northeast with deep canyons, plenty of wildlife and lots of camping spots. It’s been recommended for designation as a National Wild and Scenic River. Besides wild areas it goes through small towns in some places where you can pick up supplies on longer trips. There are probably outfitters from whom you can arrange shuttles. My ex boyfriend lives right on the river (one of the popular riverside campsites is in a meadow on his land). We used to paddle the West Branch a lot. There are also pretty side streams on it that you can explore, like the Red Moshannon, which is a great fast-running Class 1 and 2 run (we did it at various times with touring kayaks and with a canoe.)
http://lumberheritage.org/products/paddlers-map-guide-scenic-west-branch-susquehanna-river/
2nd the Suwannee.
Thanks Willow,Jack. That info on Everglades is upsetting was thinking winter 2018. MITA may get a look. Thanks for info all.
The Stonington area out of Maine has a lot of options, and Old Quarry Campground would have a lot of information and resources for you. http://www.oldquarry.com
We just finished a week long kayak camping Everglades trip
Irma installed a lot of new beaches and destroyed chickees north of the Broad River
Roofs were blown off. Cormorants used them for roosts and now there are inches of guano to be scraped after new roofs are installed
And the potty barge sank. Potties are in the trees and we were told should we find one that looked usable…don’t
as it hasn’t been serviced for six months
I was told that the visitors center at Gulf. Coast is to be razed and something else installed. Right now there is no visitor center but there is a office in a trailer for permits. They are free currently as there is no way to process payments
But good news. Maybe pre Irma but the boot sucking mud has been replaced with pavers!
Sad to see the hardware store gone in Rverglades City
Yeah, good luck finding facilities in National Parks, Monuments and Refuges going forward. The current Federal administration seems bent on letting them all rot to hell and has failed to approve even basic maintenance funding, plus they have been laying off park management and administrative workers and many long time staffers are leaving in frustration and disgust.
Their plan seems to be to hold maintenance funds hostage to get through approval of expanded mining and oil and gas extraction in the parks and reserves, which are “supposed” to then provide residual funds for recreational services and environmental preservation (never mind that wildcat mining in these areas could well trash them beyond all repair.)
If you don’t like what’s happening, call your Congressional reps. Here are the details (from the Alt National Parks information site where career National Park employees are trying to keep the public informed about what is going on, since the Feds have silenced all official channels in the Park Service.):
“Attn: Secretary Ryan Zinke is heading to Capitol Hill in the coming week to defend Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget request. Zinke will face lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday. The cuts including zeroing out Abandoned Mine Land Grants, the Centennial Challenge Fund, the Heritage Partnership Program, and the National Wildlife Refuge Fund. Trump’s proposed 16 percent cut to the Department of the Interior’s budget would sell out public lands. The Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is designed to protect national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other protected sites, would lose 92 percent of its budget. The proposal eliminates programs for historic preservation, heritage, and land acquisition and establishes a public lands infrastructure fund that relies on increased energy leasing and development. It would also cut funding for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by nearly 20 percent, including cuts to Endangered Species Act implementation, the National Wildlife Refuge System, grant programs, and wildlife trafficking prevention efforts that aid in protecting elephants, rhinos, tigers, and other endangered wildlife. Tell House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Rep. Rob Bishop and Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva that you will not stand for this unacceptable attack on our public lands, endangered species, and natural resources.”