After our weekend stay resupplying and refreshing in Camden, SC, we put on the water with our fleet of sea kayaks. It didn't take long for the now paddling-experienced group to get the hang of another form of paddle craft. There were only a few tweaks needed before we knocked out another standard 20-mile day, late-start and long lunch included. Today absolutely was a great start to our 90 mile paddle from Camden to Lake Marion.
It's amazing how rural it is on the shores of this section of the trip. We saw a total of three houses, which is incredibly low compared to some of the resevoirs we paddled through. The Memorial Day crowd was also restrained to only a handful of beachgoers and anglers, again, most likely due to the "out there" nature of the Wateree River from here until the Congaree and on to Lake Marion. It seemed like the majority of rivergoers were deer, heron, bald eagles, ospreys, the continuous appearance of the elusive, monster fish, and other unseen natives of the area.
As difficult as it was to leave the air conditioned rooms of the Quality Inn and soft linened beds early this morning, we are all agreeing that getting back into the way of life we've developed on the river is where the true relaxing will be taking place.
Ocean in 9 days!
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