tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214219842009-10-13T13:54:11.789-07:00If you would like to contribute a report or if you have an announcement, contact Brian at <a href="mailto:bne@bellsouth.net">bne@bellsouth.net</a> .Brian Westcottnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421984.post-65950195565227014082009-06-08T12:25:00.000-07:002009-10-05T12:34:24.525-07:00

After leaving Milton, Florida and paddling Cold Water Creek, my son and I loaded up and drove to Port St. Joe, Florida for some kayaking and kayak fishing in the bay. This was his first trip to the Bay and he and I had a great time. We didn't catch any fish but caught several blue crabs and saw several sting rays and large unidentified fish swimming beneath the boat. Awesome experience!

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Me (Brian) and my son went to Adventures Unlimited in Milton Florida to canoe and camp on the creek. With all the rain we were having around this time, the creek was a bit swollen and I feared it was too swift to chance taking my son down, especially since I had not been there before. Thankfully, after camping in their campground overnight, the creek level dropped significantly and allowed us

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Date: 2/23/08Post by: Bryan S.Images by: Bryan S. and Josh S.We had 6 paddlers show up today for the Honeycomb Creek area paddle. It was a little colder and windier than expected but overall not too bad. We put in near Cathedral Cavern Highway, paralleled the causeway for awhile, went under the bridge on US 431 and went all the way down Honeycomb Creek until it met the main Tennessee. We stopped

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I have finally uploaded some pictures of our Utah trip to be found here: http://greenrivertrip.blogspot.com/ The trip was a complete success. I will eventually post a trip log and description another day.Due to my extensive schedule I have not been able to keep up with the posting of trips - both mine and some of yours. I do appoligize for this and hope to improve my efforts real soon. Thank

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Eagle Awareness Month, Jan. 6th-7th, 2007Sorry it has taken so long to get this up.Although the masses (except two) decided against paddling on the second day due to the potential rain storm, this trip was a complete success (I hope the ATL guys agree). The purpose of this website was for the opportunity to meet people that are involved in the same general sport and to build more knowledge of the

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This is my wife's first voyage. Inland Lake is such a beautiful place.Funny story: As my wife and I turned a bend in this narrow lake we spooked a few deer. One of which was a fawn. The fawn's extincts told it to jump into the lake for some crazy reason, even though that's where we were. The mother deer had already made it into the woods before realizing her baby was taking a swim. After

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Trip: Cape San Blas/ St. Joseph BayDate: October 7th-9th, 2006Camp Location: St. Joseph Peninsula State ParkKayaking trip turned kayak fishing trip.Ok. Personally, I have caught many fish in my life including some good sized bass. I have even caught a couple of nice bass from my kayak, but to combine fishing, ocean, scenery, fishing success, and kayaking, makes anything else difficult to

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April 9, 2006Me (Brian), Barry and Chris paddled from Hwy 33 to Hwy 278. Total mileage was 12 miles which included 11 miles on the Sipsey, 0.7 Miles on the Rock Creek (??), and ~ 0.3 on Grindestone Crk. It was a pretty quiet paddle. The river was a bit swollen and was cloudy due to the previous storms. CFS was in the 800's according to the Grayson gauge. We payed special attention to possible new

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(Robert, you are officially the Post Master now) ...BrianON OUR WAYOk. I figured Brian would give you the watered down version of the whole Tybee experience. Im Robert. The guy who drove up 10 hours in the pouring rain from Gulf Shores to meet up with Brian, Chris and Barry in Savannah. We figured staying one night at a hotel before the paddling would give us several hours in Savannah the next

Brian Westcottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421984.post-1144119396409874112006-04-03T19:43:00.000-07:002006-04-05T08:44:19.476-07:00

Tides, tides, tides. It seems no matter how many times you read something it never really connects until it is too late. I had an old friend, whom of which was an Alabama football fan, who once said to me to never underestimate the "Tide". It wasn't until this Tybee trip that I realized that he apparently was referring to the ocean "tide" and not the team. (Makes better sense now.) First things

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March 15, 2006 - Tallapoosa RiverPut-in was right below Horseshoe Bend at the bridge.Take-out was where the lake began its back-up.This was all in all a wonderful experience. I had the opportunity to meet up with a fellow paddler, Jeremy and his friend Loyd, whom of which I met through the club website (sorta). Super nice guys! I had seen pictures of this river but really didn't anticipate it

Brian Westcottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421984.post-1138113870736837072006-01-24T06:41:00.000-08:002006-01-24T06:44:30.736-08:00

September 2005Details to follow.

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4/23/05 Me, Erika, Brian and Jeannie went to the Sipsey Saturday morning to paddle either from the rec area or from hwy 33. Either trip would require that we take out at 33/Mims. I had talked to a ranger prior to this trip and had inquired about a possible take out about five miles down river from hwy 33. The ranger said it was a good place but that it may require a 4wd to get in and out. He said

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Sipsey trip 4/9 - 4/10/05Left sat morning when usgs reading read 675. When me Barry, and Sharon arrived at the recreation area the wood gage was reading about a few inches above 3'. After returning home and reading the usgs site again the level was at 397 at 4:30 on Sunday. "Hundred Yard Dash" was strong and rocking so we portaged it (about a 200yd portage). That was tough!. The current was

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Saturday, March 19, 2005From Hwy 33 bridge to 278. Robert and I (Brian) headed out for Robert's first trip ever in his new Zoar. It was my first trip down the Sipsey as well. We both were stunned at the sheer beauty of the place. The steep canyon walls and the over hanging rocks with small streams trickling off into the river. This was totally unexpected and truly a wonderful experience. I was a

Brian Westcottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421984.post-1138110826291979612006-01-24T05:50:00.000-08:002006-01-24T06:12:26.073-08:00

Two Rivers Point/Mound Island land-based campsiteFeb. 26th and 27th, 2005My brother and I left Gadsden Saturday morning, Feb. 26th, around 8:00 AM. We parked at Rice Creek Landing and unloaded the truck around 12:30 PM. According to the Bartram Trail web site, the optimum water level was about 15'-18', while we found it was about 28 ft and hazardous, when we went. Afraid we would run out of

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