Last week Gabe (pinelandpaddler) sent me a PM asking to come along the next time I paddled the Skit. He suggested a starting point that raised my eyebrows, the little bridge upstream of Batona Camp. Well I don't know of that ever being done but with the water being up and Gabe being a very capable explorer I said how about Saturday, and as simple as that we were off. He brought along a friend Bill, who is equally capable and has a great interest in the history of the area.
Our track, the degree of difficulty illustrated by the number of GPS samples.
Going was slow immediately after the bridge where the little stream at the bridge spread out into a swamp with no defined channel. We had our balance tested as we continually got out of our kayaks to drag them over obstructions. We walked on hummocks to avoid deep holes, but it was fun. Eventually we got stuck, with nothing even resembling a river. The biggest difficulty was the small trees there were so closely spaced that the kayaks would not fit between them. We eventually worked our way through to a beautiful open area which is near the field above.
The Skit Bridge at Batona Camp
The Skit
The fun
Dead end.
Battle to the channel
The reward, this pond is across from the field.
I am limited to 10 pictures so see part 2.
Our track, the degree of difficulty illustrated by the number of GPS samples.
Going was slow immediately after the bridge where the little stream at the bridge spread out into a swamp with no defined channel. We had our balance tested as we continually got out of our kayaks to drag them over obstructions. We walked on hummocks to avoid deep holes, but it was fun. Eventually we got stuck, with nothing even resembling a river. The biggest difficulty was the small trees there were so closely spaced that the kayaks would not fit between them. We eventually worked our way through to a beautiful open area which is near the field above.
The Skit Bridge at Batona Camp
The Skit
The fun
I am limited to 10 pictures so see part 2.
