At last, we made an overnight trip in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta! Dan, Justin, and Kona drove in from Pensacola on Saturday to meet Christina and I in Daphne. We loaded up the truck with boats and food (some beer and wine found it's way in too) and headed off to Upper Bryant's Landing. We had a slightly later start than planned and didn't get off the landing until nearly sunset, leaving us to navigate in the dark to the Dead Lake Island platforms. We made it there in time though, and quickly set to making dinner...scrumptious shrimp in gorgonzola cheese and angel hair pasta. We had a great night out on the platform, enjoying wine and shining the flashlight at every splash in the bayou until the flashlight became a splash in the bayou. Then we suffered through every splash wondering if it was that 26-foot 'gator...Everyone survived the night, no one rolled out of their hammock, and the we had perfect camping weather, nice and cool.
The following day we paddled about 1/2 mile up Tallapoosa Bayou before it was almost completely blocked by a fallen tree. Probably navigable with some work, but not something we wanted to attempt with Kona in the canoe doing his best to herd everyone together. So, we paddled back out and circled Dead Lake Island and explored some of the surrounding bayous before stopping back on the platform to collect the equipment we left behind and eat lunch before heading back to Upper Bryant Landing. On the way back, we did see one gator, which was great. All in all, an excellent trip with good company and good food.
All the good pictures below were taken by Dan, all the larger ones (
DSCN###.jpg format) and the map are mine.
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