Jack.........
That was the one (And only time) with Bill Logan in the Okefenokee Swamp when he decided to try out his ....NEW ....
mercury motor to see how fast his canoe would go, someone should have told that ...BIG..Gator to duck.
He was big enough to take a speeding , 16 foot , metal canoe with the motor running wide open, gas cans, coolers, two grown adults (all right one grown adult and a nut running the boat) with a ton of camera gear.
As soon as he was hit, he use his tail and body to make the canoe go at lease 5 feet in the air and come down in some deep water , the canoe was 180 degrees from it's original position. Can you say .... Bottoms .......... UP :twisted:
To make matters worse the Rangers told us about a BIG Gator by the Coffee Bay Shelter bothering day paddlers and I can't believe it but they were correct, that is where Bill hit that sucker.
Think about this ..... It is only 6 miles from there thru Gator territory to the Suwannee Rec area, No dry ground. Swim or slog (walking in the mud, swamp and critters up to your waste) thru the swamp or stay at the shelter till someone finds you, if they do.
From that day on ... I paddle and am in my own boat , by myself , having fun. (no motors , no idiots , no problems)
I just love swimming in the Swamp's dark water, mud and critters with a pissed off , ran over , battered , madder then heck , Gator while I am in water up to my neck. Not saying anything about a small fortune in photographic gear and a couple of day's worth of swamp pictures going to the bottom of the swamp. :twisted:
You said something about ......SAND...... That is roughly 80 miles to the East over on the Florida Sea Shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
Chuck.
Suspicions confirmed! And you want to guide me into the swamp? Jack cutting in
