On 2/5/98 10:59AM, kkaste_at_slip.net wrote: >Does anybody know of any good kayaking in the New Orleans area? We have >folding boats and can get to out of the way launch sites. Specifically >we'd like to know if paddling in the swamps is a good idea, or if we're >likely to get eaten by whatever's out there. There is EXCELLENT (flatwater) paddling around New Orleans. The New Orleans Chapter of the Sierra Club has, for years, published a guided to paddling the rivers in South Louisiana and Mississippi called "Trail Guide to the Delta Country." This book is an absolute must if you plan on paddling anywhere in South Louisiana or Mississippi. You can write this address for more info: Trail Guide New Orleans Group of the Sierra Club P.O. Box 19649 New Orleans, La 70179 Also, there are a couple of good Kayak/Canoe shops that can update you on latest conditions, etc., the best being: Adventure Sports 333 I-10 Service Road Metairie, La 70005 (504)835 1932 Also, in Gulfport/Biloxi (just an hour drive away), you can do hard-core sea kayaking with a seven mile open water crossing to Horn Island, the largest of the group of Islands that make up the Gulf Islands National Seashore. About the only thing that will eat you is the mosquitoes in the summer...best seasons to paddle are early spring, late fall and winter. During the summer, the 'skeeters' and humid heat get pretty intense. Imagine paddling in a mosquito hatchery inside a sauna if you want a taste of summer on the bayou. Oh yeah-watch out for that half-man, half-gator thing that sometimes eats the tourists. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Harrison-Houston, Texas email: nil_at_nol.net (_at_ _at_) web: www.nol.net/~nil/ ----------------------------ooO~(_)~Ooo---------------------------- 100% recycled electrons *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
At 10:21 PM 2/5/98 EST, Nil9000000_at_aol.com wrote: >Also, in Gulfport/Biloxi (just an hour drive away), you can do hard-core >sea kayaking with a seven mile open water crossing to Horn Island, the >largest of the group of Islands that make up the Gulf Islands National >Seashore. Is there any reasonable lodging in the Biloxi area-I was thinking of taking a drive down that way later this winter if I can get away. Ive never been there, but I read somewhere that its becoming a fairly "upscale" area. I can sure use a dose of hard core kayaking about now, in the balmy (compared to Lake Superior) winter waters of the Gulf. Its mostly a pipe dream right now, but I'd like to know more about the area just in case. I'm a low-scale guy, so if its all uppity-yuppity maybe I'll go elsewhere. Wayne *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
At 10:21 PM 2/5/98 EST, Nil9000000_at_aol.com wrote: >Also, in Gulfport/Biloxi (just an hour drive away), you can do hard-core >sea kayaking with a seven mile open water crossing to Horn Island, the >largest of the group of Islands that make up the Gulf Islands National >Seashore. Is there any reasonable lodging in the Biloxi area-I was thinking of taking a drive down that way later this winter if I can get away. Ive never been there, but I read somewhere that its becoming a fairly "upscale" area. I can sure use a dose of hard core kayaking about now, in the balmy (compared to Lake Superior) winter waters of the Gulf. Its mostly a pipe dream right now, but I'd like to know more about the area just in case. I'm a low-scale guy, so if its all uppity-yuppity maybe I'll go elsewhere. Wayne *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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