KayakherSC_at_aol.com wrote: > > Hi Steve, I'm curious! I live in Bluffton and I've never heard of the > Darien River. Is it around Savannah somewhere? I guess I could rustle up a > map, couldn't I? Always on the lookout for new paddling locations within > driving distance. Also, what sort of course are you doing at Thanksgiving? > Are you hooked up with Outside Hilton Head at all? I think I recall that you > teach kayaking, but whitewater comes to mind. I'm strictly into sea, uh, > actually river and creek kayaking. Our local paddle club always appreciates > new connections, which accounts for this interrogation; also I'm just plain > nosy when my neck of the woods is mentioned! :) Sandy The Darien river goes through--woodjabeleevit?--Darian, GA, about 1/2 way between Savannah and Jacksonville. It's actually one of the major braids of the Altamaha River delta. The Altamaha, which most people have never heard of, is one of the biggest rivers on the east coast. There are a bunch of destinations in the area. We paddled from the Darien docks out to a little marsh island called Queen. It's on Doboy Sound, not on the ocean, but you can see it from there. NE is Sapelo Island, SE is Little St Simons. About 8 miles from Darien as the sea gull flies, but the river route is about 12 miles. There's a small area above high tide to camp. A slightly tricky landing due to the oyster banks, plus you arrive at a short mud bluff instead of a sandy beach. Coming back we took another braid and passed by some ballast islands, acres of rocks dumped by sailing ships taking on lumber at Darien during the 18th and 19th centuries. Another trip that I'm told is fun is to start upriver and paddle down to Darien on one of several rivers, camping halfway. One route features a side trip through an old oxbox called Alligator Congress. Don't you just have to go there? Mike Moody at Altamaha River Outpost [http://broadriver.com, which also has pix of Queen] can give you plenty of info and provide shuttle, guides, boats, etc. A warning: If Mike says a route will take 3 hours, it'll probably take 5. Re the course: it's my Coastal Kayaking Instructor Cert Exam. I wasn't going to mention it until I passed (which of course may be a long time from now). No, I have no connection with Outside Hilton Head. Or Sea Kayak Georgia, the sponsors of the course. Sandy, Susan, we'd love the opportunity to take people back out there. Maybe in January or February when the bug die off. Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 06:07:17 PST
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