I would just love to paddle Chicagof if it weren't for all the really scuzzy places I would have to create a campsite. Is this just my imagination? Are there really good high/dry campsites along the route? I'm a veteran of Prince William Sound, the Charlottes and Patagonian Chile, and while the nature is magnificent, camping right in a swamp is never magnificent. Camping has to be part of the program, even if it's every other night while hotel-hopping on the coast of Maine or on chickees in the Everglades. The Exumas, Baja, Fiji and especially Scandanavia have consistently great camping. As a backpacker, I love Alaska and British Columbia. But as a sea kayaker, I have this vision of piling up driftwood to stay out of the soup while trying to get a night's sleep. Douglas Montgomery San Francisco *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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