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Upper Suwannee Trip Report, Gear Evals, and How to Heal a Broken Ankle by Canoe. May 13, 2019 - May 17, 2019 MONDAY Feeling the river already in my bones, early Monday morning as I was braiding my hair in the hotel mirror. It came over me like an ocean swell; I only braid my hair when tripping. Executed final decisions on what to take, sealed up the packs and on to American Canoe Adventures in White Springs, Florida. A tiny town entirely lacking in big box stores or any place to...

Solo on the Upper Suwannee River February 25 March 2, 2018 I started out Sunday afternoon from Griffis Fish Camp, just below the Sill. Gray clouds, gray bare trees and black water greeted me. I had forgotten it was still winter in south Georgia. A bit of a drizzle to enhance the mood. But when the sun broke through to gild the red maples and budding sugarberry, the swamp glowed in Biblical splendor. The Suwannee River arises in Okefenokee Swamp and the sill keeps the water from draining out...

These photos are mostly from an earlier trip and were taken with a point and shoot digital camera. I am posting them now, so others can see what the river is like.