I paddled 3 days, met a couple of nice guys at the put in, which made navigation easy since they were actually mapping paddlings routes, day two I met castoff, we hadn’t paddled together for ten years but he’s just so easy to paddle with and we went to crescent lake, day 3 I went soloing with flagging tape, retrieving it on the way back
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It was a pleasure to paddle with Tony again. It doesn’t seem like it has been 10 years since I last paddled with him. Time is warped when it is processed by memory as it didn’t seem near that long ago! 
I was paddling my old Curtis solo tripper and Tony his 3 part kayak a Pakayak. It was a long day for me with a 5 hour round trip drive and 7 hours in the swamp. I hit the morning and evening rush hour through Columbia which is always an adventure in itself. We saw one other paddler that day and a couple of fishing boats. Lots of swamp to explore.
Tony in his travel kayak. We are on Otter Creek one of the main routes that are used to navigate the swamp.
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Often, I find the “drive” to the paddling venue is the hardest part of the whole excursion. Thus, I find myself staying local more and more. But, meeting up with old paddling partners brings other rewards.
-sing
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Amen Brother! The driving is my least favorite part of paddling. I have a few paddling venues that are under an hour one way, but most are farther. It’s even a 2 hour round trip to the sailing club. I should add it was worth the drive to paddle with Tony again and the swamp is always worth the drive too.
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