Hiked the Batona with Kaia :)

[kayak karl]

i hiked the trail 3/25- 3/27. Kaia hiked with me (my dog) and we had a great time. 56 miles hiked in 3 days. weather could of not been better. 25 at night and 45 in the day. camps were crowded, but didn't see people on trail till Sunday after 10 am. i GPS'ed the trail in three parts. Bass River to Buttonwood, Buttonwood to Batona, Batona to Ong's Hat. these are the pic's................

on Sunday morn we left a 6 am. i just followed the green eyes :rofl:

all the photos http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/579969107uKSVZB?vhost=outdoors

TY
KK&K

 

[bobpbx]

What do you bring to eat Karl? Do you carry a steak for the first nite, or is that only me thinking that would be a great thing to do.

 

[kayak karl]

What do you bring to eat Karl? Do you carry a steak for the first nite, or is that only me thinking that would be a great thing to do.

no, subway hogie. id rather have a Tony Luke's but didnt have the time :rofl:

 

[Teegate]

Nice photo's and trip Karl. Bob has a photo of me at your first photo I believe.

Guy

 

[Teegate]

Located at:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.67...842&spn=0.026654,0.040426&t=h&z=15&iwloc=near

 

[Teegate]

no, subway hogie. id rather have a Tony Luke's but didnt have the time :rofl:

Some of the food at Tony Luke's looks deadly.

http://www.google.com/images?client...xDcPB0QGRm_nkCw&ved=0CFAQsAQ&biw=1323&bih=936


Guy

 

[bobpbx]

Whoa...Lukes looks like a gastronomical delight. Not to be enjoyed more that once every month. I don't like subway at all. How could we, in this area, go get a subway? Have you ever seen their meat? Karl, you must have been last minute desparate.

Beleive it or not, one of the best sub shops I like is Meatheads in Lakehurst. He gets his rolls from some guy in North Jersey that really knows his stuff, and all the meats are super fresh. Try it! If he is closed, just walk a block to Luigi's and get a really good sub.

 

[kayak karl]

Some of the food at Tony Luke's looks deadly.

http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Tony+Luke's&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=o_mWTcWxDcPB0QGRm_nkCw&ved=0CFAQsAQ&biw=1323&bih=936


Guy

used to drive a truck for the Salem County ARC. when i passed there id pick up 2 doz. pulled pork subs. when i returned, nobody cared what was in the back of the truck LOL subway was desperate. there is a sub shop on jackson road between 73 and race track that is very good.

 

[Hewey]

Nice! Start to finish. I have wanted to do that for a long time. I will do it Some day.

I love the pack set up on Kaia. The hammock set up looks real comfortable.

Chris

 

[manumuskin]

Karl
did you hike north to south? where did you camp besides Batona?the camps aren't set up to make a through hike convenient legally.awful long way between lower forge and absegami.
Al

 

[kayak karl]

i went south to north. they added a trail to buttonwood (mile long) to break the trail into 3 sections.

this is the map (7 pages to it) http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...353935963662732477.00049ff1534962c5ff75e&z=10

if anyone knows a better way to post map TY

 

[manumuskin]

Buttonwood Hill doesn't seem to get a lot of use which is nice but it's also right next to 542 which isn't nice.I guess it'd be too much problem to make a camp just for through hikers.That area Guy and I ran into you that time out by Bulltown would be a nice area.They'd have to close that one road off to the bridge but that would keep people from driving that section of trail anyway.
Al

 

[PINEY MIKE]

Nice pics. Hear any yotes at night? I haven't taken the dog on the Batona overnight yet. He's been in bear country without problems, but I hear so many coyotes by our house that I've been a little concerned to take him out there for a couple nights. Seems like you guys did just fine though.

 

[piker56]

What do you bring to eat Karl? Do you carry a steak for the first nite, or is that only me thinking that would be a great thing to do.

As long as a fire was allowed my favorite was to freeze some keilbasa and cook it over the fire on a stick. Fine dining!

 

[kayak karl]

As long as a fire was allowed my favorite was to freeze some keilbasa and cook it over the fire on a stick. Fine dining!

i cook spam on a stick grits on the side.

 

[kayak karl]

middle of may im doing it south bound (SOBO) after that it'll be too hot to hike.

 

[PINEY MIKE]

middle of may im doing it south bound (SOBO) after that it'll be too hot to hike.

Hi Karl, not sure if you saw my other post, but I was wondering about the coyotes along the trail. Id love to bring my pointer along for 3 nights this Spring but wouldnt want him to attract trouble. I see you didnt use a tent.. did you tie your guy up at night? Thanks for thoughts.
Mike

 

[woodjin]

Very Nice, Karl!!! Terrific pics. With all the time I've spent in the woods and all the PBX hikes I've been on, I've never hiked the batona. Hey, what hammock is that and do you recommend it? I never used one for sleeping in. Warm? quick to set up? Thanks

Jeff

 

[kayak karl]

GPX files of Batona Trail (south to north)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98283232
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79925335
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79924912

was there an easier way i could of posted these hikes??

 

[Teegate]

If you have the specific GPX files you could have uploaded them and linked to them. You would need to make them a zip file. However, it appears to me that the way you did it was fine because anyone can use that site to send the coordinates to their GPS.

Guy