The put-in at the Econfina River.  We packed all our gear, food for nine days and water for three days in our boats.  That’s John on the left and Scott on the right.

We arrive at the Rock Island campsite, one of the nicest on the trail.

Spring Warrior Creek: Unique and beautiful.

We ended up here rather than at the Dallus Creek campsite.  Twenty-five to forty mile per hour winds and heavy rain, combined with a wide open campsite with no shelter and early stage hypothermia drove us further up Dallus Creek to this area with some shelter where we could get dry, warm up and regroup. 

There is no camping at Steinhatchee, so we stayed at the Gulfstream Marina and Motel.  This was a pleasant and needed respite after our previous day of paddling in the wind and rain.  We quickly turned the motel railing into an impromptu clothesline to dry all of our wet clothing from the previous few days.  A shower and shave (a shave for me anyway) and dinner at the Tiki Lounge.  Heaven!   (That’s John, all cleaned up, peering in our window.)

Sink Creek was probably my favorite camping spot.  From the campsite, the marshes stretched on for miles.  It was just beautiful.  This site, along with Spring Warrior Creek and Rock Island were my favorites. 

The Butler Island campsite is large and open under large trees.  The campsite faces south.  During our stay, with strong southwest winds, the campsite was pretty windblown.  It was warm however, and the wind did keep the bugs away.  I slept with my tent’s rain fly open that night. 

This is where we started and ended our trip: our rental house in the town of Suwannee, where the Suwannee River flows into the Gulf of Mexico.