In a message dated 7/15/2003 3:14:22 PM Central Daylight Time, kdruger_at_pacifier.com writes: > Seems like it might be interesting to hear about the best (and worst) of > campsites. Best: Rio Llorona river mouth, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. Has a waterfall cascading on the beach wherin we showered and did laundry in the 94F/33C heat. crossed a river mouth at a low-ish tide. Saw the Croc slides but knew the bull sharks wouldn't get there for at least a couple more hours when the water rises. Slung the hammock under a pair of coconut trees and guyed out the canopy extra tight to trampoline any potential hail mary's. Coffee table book style sunset replete with *ration* of scotch. Fisher bats skim the river mouth surface, but the Croc slides revealed no Crocs. Saw a pair of Crocs two rivers past. Would see one again in the surf in the next couple of days. Dawn greets us with flocks of Scarlet Macaws. Finally, only the solitary track of a westbound hiker, but many tracks of large jungle cats and tapirs. Even saw the tapir. Worst: No name cove in Scidmore bay area, Glacier Bay National Park. Clouds of flies and gn-gn-gna-gna-gnuh-gnats. Ate with net on and neoprene gloves. Pitched tent on top of a boulder as I discovered a *person-hole cover* sized bear track after the bags had been unloaded and all gear set up. Slept like one would expect after pitching tent on a boulder. The first grizzly that came in was the biggest. Swam in really. was somewhere in the Discovery Channel size range or maybe even leaning into the Jimmy Buffet's Gods Own Drunk category. Found myself suffering from a particularly acute case of *shrinkage*. He left after little discussion. The next one (might've been the same, too dark to see) came in and stayed on and on, like my good aunt Myrtle. Flippin' over Rock's, moving through the cove at a stately 1/4 mile per hour. Packed up and on the water by 430am when he turned the corner and was no longer in sight. The following night we slept on another collecton of boulders on an isolated point that even the bugs failed to notice. Cheers, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 22 2003 - 07:35:33 PDT
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