<Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com> wrote: > In my neck of the woods, you don't just pull ashore and pick a > spot, even if camping is allowed "anywhere". It's easy for the > government to say "camp anywhere" when there isn't anyplace to camp! > For example, the undergrowth is so thick, you usually can't see anything > along the shores past the first outer layer of leaves, from the top of > the soil all the way to the top of the trees, and trying to hack your > way into it to even walk around can be next to impossible (not to > mention undesirable for the sake of the "hacking"). Finding a foot > print big enough to pitch a tent would be a real challenge.... voice of > experience. We have that problem out here, also, with steep-to shorelines and thick salal/blackberries/devils club brush clogging the wter's edge. I suspect a hammock might be the ticket to defeat the thicket. [groan ... sorry] -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 31 2005 - 09:46:23 PST
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