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1st Departure:
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12.05.2008
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Provider:
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Up the Creek Xpeditions
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Destination:
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North America > USA > Georgia > St. Mary's River
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Duration:
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3 hours
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Skill Level:
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Intermediate
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As the St. Marys River in Georgia approaches the mouth, it broadens out into a vast marsh estuary. Smaller rivers and creeks branch off the main river, stretching the open spaces of soft green spartina grass waving gently, the fields dissected by arteries of waterways randomly flowing through. These waterways include numerous unnamed paths that may or may not lead somewhere, and one back route river once used by eighteenth century smugglers to avoid the watchful eye of authorities. This river, the Bells River, passes by the areas largest bluffs towering over the rivers' shoreline. Paddle under these bluffs listening to the forest songbirds while Herons and Egrets glide over the marsh on your other side.
The Roses Bluff guided kayak tour loops from St. Marys waterfront over the river and through a narrow cut to the Bells River. From there, we follow the river flow to the bluffs, gliding and observing as the tide sweeps us past. Then we continue up the river until it empties back into the St. Marys River and takes us back to the starting point.