The real report
Last Friday I met up with 5 other friends and we proceeded to Folkston, Ga for a weekend on the St Marys River. The plan was to spend two nights and paddle 21 miles. We met at the outfitters just outside of town and shuttled our boats and equipment upriver. On the water about 3 pm, determined to leisurely paddle down stream until we found a good sandbar to spend the night.
This is the put in
Just down from the put in we went under this train trestle.
Friday night camp on a sandbar a mere 3 miles down stream.
Saturday we paddled another 12 miles. Along the way we encountered lots of birds including Wood Ducks, Great Blues, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, several Red Tailed Hawks, hundreds of crows high overhead, lots of Turkey Vultures, and a flock of Sandhill Cranes. That night we heard a chorus of Coyotes howling in the distance. What a treat....
Saw this and had to take a picture, must have died and was trapped against this limb when the water was up. Strange sight......
Gator dog on the river. Sunday we spied several deer trying to cross the river but they spooked back up the bank. A few hundreds yards futher down 4 deer swam in front of us across the river.
This Great Blue perched above the river and didn't want to fly off until we got really close. Numerous turtles were sunning but dropped into the water while we were still quite a ways off. No gators sighted as it was very cool at night, great for fireside chats and unwinding before turning in.
We finished trip around 3 pm and headed home, a great weekend on the water.