33 Mile Etowah River Canoe Camping Trip
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Noah and I put in on the upper portion of the Etowah River at River Park Kayak Launch just south of Dawsonville, GA on GA Highway 9. We floated through the Dawson Forest and saw some pretty cool old structures. We ate lunch on a sandbar across the river from the convergence of Amicalola Creek. After losing my phone and finding my phone in the river we finally found a spot to camp, 23 miles downstream from where we put in. Needless to say, the fire roasted hotdogs went down fast and easy and sleep was easy to find. We only had 10 miles to do the second day so we weren’t in a hurry. We stopped and hung out in the middle of the river for a while, went off a rope swing, and ate lunch on an island. We finally took out at East Cherokee Road near Ball Ground, GA. We saw deer, a wild hog, ducks, blue heron, turtles. Had a blast navigating the shoals. There were plenty of spots to stop and take a break all the way down the river. I would absolutely recommend this trip to anyone considering it or looking to do something like this.
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Great father-son experience. He will talk about this for years to come. Children love adventure and nature. You are right to say more people, (young) should be doing this. Great video.
Thanks for floating with us 💯🤙
Absolutely great. Unlike a lot of other videos, you included all the necessary info if someone wants to take the same trip. Your kid will never forget this trip. Two Thumbs up!
Yeah, that’s one thing that I’ve always tried to do. Between explaining where we’re going and on screen labels, I try to give enough clues that someone with a smartphone and google maps can find exactly how to get there and experience what I’ve been able to see. I hate it when people show these crazy cool landscapes and “secret spots” and don’t tell you how to get there or at least leave clues
I thoroughly enjoyed the YT with your son Noah. What a fine gentleman he’ll be. I moved from Sugar Hill, GA about 8 years ago and moved to ST Augustine, FL. Boy do I miss living in GA where I lived for 11 years. I sold my 2 kayaks when I moved down and I’m now in the process of buying a new one at REI. I have kayaked the Chatahoochi in Suches and also took it down Etowah above Allatoona. I showed a brief part of your video to my wife, me 72 and her 66 now. She said let’s go shoot the arrows and go back up into the Blue Ridge again. I’m stoked and hopefully we’ll find a good weather window to camp too. I’m sorry I’ll have to go back and find your name, but thank you for your inspiration and fine video and my best to your family. With regards, Steve & Pat
Yes sir, thank you for watching and enjoying our video. I think yall should definitely come back up here and do a few good floats together. You’d have a blast and the memories will last yall the rest of your life!
what a great trip! I'm a long time paddler, (over 25 yrs.) and mostly whitewater, but I also like multi day trips in my rec. boat and came here hoping to find a river for the next time I come out east ( I'm in Missouri ) Looks like a good river but what I'm most impressed with is Noah's paddling. He does great I can tell he's a real paddler already. It was so great to watch even though I only came here to watch the river footage. You are a great dad and this is a trip Noah will never forget. I've never brought my rec boat out east but the next time I come out, I might leave my whitewater playboat at home so I can do this river and a few others in N. Ga. I've been doing the Nantahala, Ocoee, & Chattooga for 25 yrs now, and ready to explore rec. boat rivers. I Love doing long multi day trips in my rec. kayak. Thanks for making this and thanks for including the put in and takeout info for us who aren't familiar with the area. this is definitely now on my "to do" list. get Noah a kayak and you'll have room to take the wife with you in the canoe. I already know Noah can paddle this in a kayak with no problem at all.
Absolutely man! It’s a great stretch of one of the prettiest rivers in north Georgia. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching! I hope you make it to the Etowah next time you’re out this way 💯👍
3 of my friends and I did the entire etowah in 9 days back in 09. We went through the mine tunnel in day 1 with 5 days worth of gear, crazy times. Dawsonville is my favorite stretch on the upper etowah
It’s my favorite stretch too. Cleaner water, swifter water, just enough shoals to keep it fun and interesting but still easy enough to relax and enjoy it. I would love to do the whole river in one trip someday. Thanks for watching 💯🤙
Went with the NOC on a northern Georgia week of rivers back in the Eighties. Remember we ran the Amicalola to the Etowah.
I’ve always wanted to put in on the Amicalola and float to the Etowah! I bet that was a great time 💯👍
Good video. Looks fun. I think I may take my boys down it. We live in Canton but have never been down that river.
You should!
Hay, Caleb & Noah ; Great Paddling Along With You 2 Great Trip & Vittles, Thanks Friends ! ATB T God Bless
I've been down from where you put in, to Knox Bridge, where it finally spills into Lake Allatoona. We didn't do it in 2 days though(but we were also fishing along the way)...I commend you for your distance that first day, wow.
Glad to see Noah handle the canoe with ease love the video man.
Yeah, he’s really getting the hang of it, the kid is a beast, I’m proud of him 💯👍
only thing yall missed was the tunnel! it is past dawson forest.I think. Acid island is at Ball Ground its on the right before Ball ground bridge..at Hogans pond.. its a fish trap. from Indian days.. enjoyed your trip...
I’ve been through the Etowah River tunnel on a different trip and it is super cool! It is actually further up river from where we put in in Dawsonville. It’s right down river from Castleberry Bridge.
Enjoyed floating along with you on the video. Plenty of good moving water. Great place.
Yes sir, thanks for coming along with us, we had a blast 💯👍
Good video. Nothing like a good Canoe Adventure. 🍺🍺🏕
I live right outside of Savannah, and thanks to you and Noah my son and I will be floating the Etowah this summer. Great content. Got a follow and a like. Looking forward to more videos…. Tom A
Dude the phone incident was worth watching the whole thing. I'm checking the Etowah River out in the Canton area tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Gonna need to check out more upstream where you were tho, for sure.
Bro! Thank you! New to atlanta and looking to an easy overnight but couldn’t find any guides past day trips! This helps so much!
That’s awesome, glad this helped, happy paddling 💯🤙
Hey dude, just want to tell you, thank you for posting this it was all the info I needed for my son and I to take our first long kayak and camping trip.
I was a bit nervous but the river looks perfect for us.
I plan on doing this trip in a few days if the rain will hold off, anyways thanks again if I run into yall I will buy you coke and a moon pie as they say.
Comments like this are my favorite! I’m glad this video was helpful! This is one reason why make these videos. I hope it’s inspiring to somebody. Let me know how your trip goes 💯👍
That’s Awesome, I grew up on the Etowah but I’ve never floated or fished it up toward dawnsonville, definitely on my to do list, I’ll watch all of this when I find the time, Thanks For Sharing 🚣♂️
It’s a beautiful area, I’d like to float Amicalola Creek into the Etowah sometime, bet that one’s nice too 💯👍
I love the family river trips! We plan one long one once a year.
Extremely enjoyable and memorable! Thanks for watching 💯👍
cool your video has inspired me to go paddle some part of the etowah around the dawson forest area. I was nervous about it at first being a solo paddler but I see here that it's not bad at all. thanks for the great vid
Yeah it’s not bad at all. If you are new to canoeing or kayaking, I would suggest finding a buddy to go with you. It’s just safer than being alone 💯🤙
@@southernappalachianrecon Well I've been kayaking by myself about 30 times now I think lol. I'd say I'm pretty used to it. It might be safer with someone else but I prefer the solitude.
Oh yeah, you’ll have no problems then, go for it 👍
That is disrespecting with all that Graffiti especially the famous F bomb word . You and Noah did an excellent job coming down the river nice looking place .
Yeah, what are you gonna do, I guess there will always be brain dead morons out there, I’d just like to catch somebody like that in the act 💯👍
Did you know there are Red Wolves in Dawson Forest. I have seen them on 2 occasions. Wildlife people will tell you there aren’t any Red Wolves there.
I had no idea!
This is a float id love to do. Red trail is also actually a traffic bridge. Its is an entrance road into dawson forest. I've hunted all over Dawson Forest
I’d really like to drive all those forest service roads through the Dawson Forest sometime, seems like a really cool place to explore, I really want to find some more of those abandoned building in there 💯👍
How did you go back to the put-in place after 35 miles of canoeing?
My wife dropped us off and she picked us up at the take out the next day.
Gober beach..
omg did you eat that entire sandwich in one sitting?
Lol, no if I can remember correctly, I ate half of it, and saved the other half for later 💯🤙
@@southernappalachianrecon lol
Not trying to ruffle no feathers , but seems to me that boy Noah would love to not have the camera stick around or film like that and have you speak to a camera, you should do chest film from first person so it can be more personable to Your son. He wants dad time. Not side kick to your adventure of you and cameras trip with history talk. But I'm a nobody so I know my 2 cent doesn't matter. But it's worth asking him, or adding in chest cams?
We go on tons of trips together without making videos, you just see the ones we make videos about so we get plenty of one on one time. You would also probably whine about the video quality of a camping trip filmed entirely on a chest mounted GoPro. He’s used to the camera and doesn’t mind it at all, but thanks for the concern lol