Cloud land Canyon - Ga.

Well in the 20 years I have lived and explored Ga. I had never been to Cloud Land Canyon and just had to go one day. .. So the day came. I packed up the family and filled up the gas tank and headed out on a 2 1/5 hour drive.

PART 2 Cumberland Island Adventure

The Details: We put in a Crooked River State Park on a cloudy Sat morning , temperatures were in the high 60's headed towards the mid 70's. You have to love the Jan temps in south Ga. wow. I need to back up a little before I get to the trip.... So we had camped at Crooked River State Park on Friday night and we were impressed with the camp and facilities. Great place to start and it was right at the boat ramp. We rented our boats from Up the Creek outfitters in St Mary's. They were great !! ask for Natiely she was awesome and really has some great knowledge about the area conditions. So I rolled up to the boat ramp at 7:30 and they were already there with the boats all lined up with the gear waiting to hit the water. We had several kinds of boats all where in great condition and I was pretty excited. O YEA. We had a total of 6 people in our group 5 boats total, with one tandem. After getting all the wavers signed and checked it was time to load up the boats with gear. I wish I have some pictures because most would laugh at all the stuff we were able to get into these boats. We also started to get eaten by gnats. Thats right bitting gnats... I have some words for those gnats, for some reason they like our boats as much as we did. These little things would swam up and around your face legs , ears, you name it. At this point we were quickly stuffing gear in so we could get on the water and escape the gnats. The weird thing is the hole trip they only were crazy around our boats when they were on land. Go figure....

Once we hit the water we paddled along the shore following the wonderful maps that the Up the creek outfitters had for us. I also was charting our trip on a GPS quest. The route we took was pretty easy going out the crooked river with the tide. We made really good time. head towards Sea Camp. Now I know a lot of people will say why did you head there and my answer is thats just where I picked. The real reason why most kayak dont head there is because there is no bat take out once you get there. and the paddle is a pretty long way. We were on the water for 3 hours easy and we had almost perfect conditions. Look at the sea wall in the upper picture, we had to lift our unloaded boat up that wall. That goodness they has carts to hall gear. I am glad we pick Sea camp for our first stop. I think it gave us the ability to see how wonderful it was. I think I would recommend to anyone to try the camp out. Its not total back country camping by it is nicely laid out. Here we are at SEA CAMP .... MORE TO COME >>>>>

Cumberland Island Kayak Adventure PART 1

What a place !! Cumberland Island is such a place to see... But you had better plan a head. Our trip started 6 months in advance to book a holiday weekend. We picked to go in January which is a tricky time to head out on the water and paddle. You never know what your going to run into with mother nature. The only advance planning I really did was to get the camping permits on Cumberland, the rest I did as a last minute dash. I reserved 6 spots at a place called Sea Camp for two nights. Our plan was to kayak out to the island and enjoy some exploring and some additional paddling once we were there. I had read another Blog about the trip so I figured the info provided sounded like it would be a 2-3 hours paddle out to the island. So the night before the trip I started the real scramble to secure the last minute items. Like a place to camp Friday night, and the boat rentals and how we were going to get down there and back. O man I would not suggest waiting to make these arrangements. So the over all plan was to put in at Crooked River State Park and Paddle out to Cumber Island Sea Camp and spend two nights. Then paddle back. Simple enough. MORE TO COME>>>>