Suwannee River Paddle to the Gulf - Full Length
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- Our 2015 paddle on the Suwannee River from White Springs to the Gulf of Mexico. From November 28th - December 13th we paddled our canoe down the Suwannee River, taking our time and stopping to appreciate the sites and springs along the way. Hop in the cane and join us for a ride down one of America's greatest rivers!
To see more from this trip, check out the daily videos for extended scenes on my channel under playlists.
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Thanks for the video, brings back fantastic memories for an old man. I did this trip down the Suwannee in 1954. Put in at Fargo GA just outside the swamp. I was 10 years old and was with about 15-16 other boys from a YMCA camp in Georgia. A truck met us every night along side the river. Hot meal, good night sleep in jungle hammocks to keep us off the ground. Snakes and feral hogs. Breakfast in the morning and a packed lunch and back on the river. We actually started the trip just south of Atlanta GA on the Flint river. And switched rivers in south Georgia. Altogether it was a little over 500 miles in a little under three weeks. Was the adventure of a lifetime for a 10 year old kid.
Wow that does sound like an incredible adventure! How awesome!
Wow! I wish you’d remembered to bring your GoPro!
@@BrianHorton1 Yeah....right.
You are a true Canoer. I did the same thing but differently. I use a outboard on a canoe and go up, and down the river. 120 miles. Makes you feel so awesome to do it. You know what I am talkin bout!
Very awesome trip! Hope to do the same but in sections as I can't break away from the real world long enough. I LOVED seeing all the springs.... Thanks for taking the time to put the video together!
SailingandSuch it was an amazing trip. And we intentionally took our time so we could get into as many springs as possible. It can be done in less time easily.
I grew up in Gainesville. My Grandfather lived in Old Town (south of Branford) and honeymooned at Ichetucknee Springs around the turn of the last century. On your travels, as you passed under County Road 340 you might have noticed the remains of a early last century ferry landing. Several times in my youth we drove down on one side and honked for the ferrryman to pick us up and take us to the other side. This was a "man powered" ferry having an overhead steel cable running shore-to-shore and fore and aft wooden guides that kept the ferry tethered while the ferryman reached out with a club-like hook, grasped the cable, and hauled back pulling us, the ferry and the car to the other side. He was paid by the State but was tipped with chickens, fish, produce or white lightning by the people he pulled across.
Wow! That's fascinating. Thank you for sharing this.
Fantastic video ,thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome. Glad you liked it!
Great trip! So envious!
Thank you! Yes it was awesome
We always do overnight trips down the Swannee in the winter. First trip was 8 days in 1973 right after the movie Deliverance .we were hooked .
It’s so awesome.
What an amazing trip! I consider myself a spring hopper and look forward to following your lead!
It truly was! Can’t wait for another paddle trip.
Absolutely fantastic video
Great video! That trip looked amazing.
Great video! I just finished a 5 day kayak trip on the Suwannee from Cone Bridge to Gibson Park and now I'm inspired to go all the way to the Gulf.
Cool! That sounds like a blast. Look at my playlists on my channel. I've got a video for each of the 16 days we were on the river. They may help you out with planning your trip!
Me and my wife did that canoe trip in 2012, best trip of our lives.
+James Orr Awesome! I can't wait to do it again!
I hear ya, we started planning a return trip last night.
Y’all started close to we’re I live great video
Thank you!
I lived and grew up at sun springs and hart springs and dove the caves of both as a boy. I have always wanted to make this journey from GA to the Gulf of Mexico and take my time. A dream for retirement. I grew up on the river and learned to love it. I hiked the trails and would swim across the river and back even though I was forbidden to do it. Thanks so much Chris for doing this and sharing it with the rest of us.
+Dr. Leon Roberts Thank you! You'd love it and you should go for it! We had such an awesome trip that we are already planning on doing it again this winter.
You chose a great time of year. Good temperature and less insects.
+Dr. Leon Roberts we also lucked out with the river level. Just high enough to ride the shoals but low enough to have clear springs everywhere.
I have seen the river very low and above flood stage many times. 1973 was a major flood.
Great video! Going on our 6th leg of our Suwannee River paddle trip from the Okefenokee to the Gulf. I have been loving our visits to the springs, and looking forward to several more this weekend, including Turtle Spring
Fantastic!! Have a great time! I also have a video for each day of our trip on my channel if you want to check those out. Leave no trace :)
You guys are rad these are great vids. Headed for a canoe camping trip with the fam down the Suwanee next spring/summer. Thanks for some inspiration.
Have fun!
Awesome guys! Brought back many memories! You guys had some great footage!
Thanks! It was an amazing trip!
What a beautiful trip. You've made my day. Thanks for posting.
So glad you enjoyed it. We had such an amazing experience!
My kind of adventure! Will be adding this to the list. Great video!
Thank you!
great job!!! Thanks for documenting this
Eric Flagg you're welcome. It was an awesome trip.
What a great trip! Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Thanks for watching!
What a great video-thanks heaps,nice to see the other side of the world
+dismaldog-William glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.
Nice footage. my favorite river and all of the suwanee river watershed. the alapaha is awesome too.
Thanks!
Curtis Whitwam I've been to most of those springs. Troy springs has the remains of a Confederate gunboat in the mouth if it. (barely noticeable ) It was scuttled so the Yankees didn't get to use it.
Fantastic video capture of an awesome trip....makes me want to do that trip in my sea kayak.
+Sorry DangDog Glad you enjoyed it :)
What a great video!
Thank you! I also did a more detailed series on the trip with one video per day that you can see on my channel under the Suwannee River playlist.
Awesome documentation of an awesome trip!!
Thank you! It was awesome.
Looks like a great trip
+Scott Baxter It really was. We had such a great time!
Trip of a life time, very well documented, wonder how far upstream you could get with a shallow draft sailboat, would have to drop the mass the mast at Fanning Springs bridge.
+sc1212able we saw sailboats as far up as Fowlers Bluff but none upstream of there. I suppose you could get a cat or something that draws like 1' up further.
+sc1212able we saw sailboats as far up as Fowlers Bluff but none upstream of there. I suppose you could get a cat or something that draws like 1' up further.
Great video Loved it! I have a 3 day trip planned this April can't wait.
Awesome! Have a blast. Check out my Suwannee playlist on my channel. I have a video for each day of this trip. It might help you out with planning and getting stoked.
Great trip! I've been dreaming of this river for some time now and I'm ready to go now. Do you recall the water level? I see it was low. Just curious how low?
Also, have you stopped adventuring?
Thanks! I can’t remember what the level was. I just remember that looking into the online advice before the trip, it was just a little above the level of being too low.
We still go out on adventures! I just haven’t been filming and editing videos for a while.
Great job I was surprised that the Suwannee actually had a class 3 rapid.......
Henry Meguess yeah. It only achieves class 3 status when the water is up. We started in White Springs downstream of Big Shoals. At some point I'd like to paddle the upper section. By the way, check the levels before you go. It should be above 51' in White Springs to avoid having to portage over some of the other Shoals.
I would LOVE to give your video a thumbs up and a BIG Like, but alas I cannot. Your snorkeling i to some of the caves prevents me from it. I had a friend get lost scuba diving in a cave. He ran out of air & died in the cave. He became separated from the group and was only feet from the spare bottles when he died. As a scuba instructor I cannot “Like” those moments in the video. But the rest is beyond wonderful. I cannot wait to complete the journey myself
My condolences to you for the loss of your friend. Glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you have a wonderful trip when you get back on the river.
Good job and video!
Thank you!
Epic and enjoyed watching!. What time of year?
This was end of November-beginning of December.
great video. I have a question and you guys seem like the right people to ask. We are considering buying a house on the Swanee river and I am wondering how much boar traffic there is? It would be a winter vacation house and I would hate to spend a huge amount of money and have boat screaming up and down the river all day. we were looking not near the coast but further inland. thanks
We didn’t see too much power boat traffic until we got closer to the coast. Farther upstream there are shoals and during lower water, motorboats have a harder time traveling on the river. If I remember right, the last shoal we passed was before Dowling Park. Of course, during high water, this could change. I’d be more on the lookout for land that won’t flood during high water and building accordingly.
Can you run an outboard motor on a boat in that river ⁉️
Nioce. I could easily spend 30 minutes alone just puffing a cigar on any part of the Suwannee, yet somehow a video can be made of highlights kayaking the majority of it apparently. Even if one had a 50 foot tv screen, nothing matches being actually on or next to this grand river in my home state. Peace, great job on the comprehensive video tho, seriously
Thanks so much!
I love your intro! I have been scouring the internet looking for the springs map you have! Where did you get them? It keeps directing me towards the state parks maps which are not as good as yours lmao Subscribed!!!
+Ferulloscoasting ! Thanks! We created this map ourselves!
drive.google.com/open?id=1oXRUtDRH3eUQCuKrliYP3q9EOhk&usp=sharing
Mr. Whitwam - I have watched many of your videos so I 'think' I know that you use a Sony 4K camera with either the 33' case or the 197' case. Since it does not appear that the 197' case would pick up audio, am I correct in assuming that you use the 33' case for just in case protection for your surface video since you have real time commentary? Also, What is the name of your video editing software? I'm leaving Suwannee Sills December 2nd for the town of Suwannee. While I don't expect my trip to edit out as professionally as yours did, I would like for it to look good enough to save to media and show friends. Thank you in advance for your reply.
+Sabaka8417 Thanks for watching and glad you've enjoyed the videos. I was using the standard case that the camera came with for most of the surface shots. If I felt reasonably safe that it wasn't going to get wet (on land), I was just filming without the case on. The audio is affected by the case but it still works.
For underwater shots I was using the dive door housing. I decided that I didn't want to trust the "waterproof" standard housing for anything but the accidental splash.
+Sabaka8417 Have an awesome trip and let me know if you get any videos uploaded or if there is a way to follow you online.
Mr. Whitwam - thank you for your reply regarding camera cases and well wishes. Question from my first post? what is the name of the editing software that you use for your videos or do you have it done professionally?
+Sabaka8417 oh yeah, sorry I missed that. I use IMovie and do all of my editing on my phone. This way if I am on a long trip, I can edit if I have battery power and I can upload when I get wifi. The software is simple and user friendly. But, it's limited in what you can do with it. Works for me so far.
In the process of doing a source to sea section paddle myself. Finishing up the last section next month. But I'm wondering, what is the map that you cut in at various points in your video? It seems to be very detailed and just what I have been missing.
Thanks
We found it at the Suwannee River Rendezvous during our trip. At the beginning we were using a boat ramp map that had mileage as well as what land was public.
I think that the map is put out by the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail (a State .org.)
How did you plan for this? Is there a book or website that tells you what's along the river, like the camp sites, state parks ect.. This looks like a blast by the way!!
orod750 It was a blast! There's one link in the description to the wilderness trail site. Here's another. This is a good place to start. You'll also want to check up on river levels before you go. Too low and you'll have portages, too high and less backcountry camping options. But we stayed in 'designated' camping each night mostly so that wasn't an issue. www.srwmd.state.fl.us/documentcenter/home/view/31
orod750 here's a good site that goes into river levels. Have fun!!
www.suwanneeoutpost.com/waterlevels.html
I know this is a couple of years ago but I’ve always wanted to do this trip. What time of year did you do it?
We did it at the end of November-beginning of December. Lucked out with perfect weather the whole trip except the one brief thunderstorm that came through right as we got into Dowling.
You ever see a gator in those holes?
+Ernest Rountree I have not but I do see gators all over in fresh water. Some places have more gators than others for a variety of reasons.
Great adventure and video.
Sorry for the negative, but total disregard for nature at 21:19
How's that? Swimming?
+Curtis Whitwam I was referring to the guy in the fishing boat ripping up the river at full throttle.
I love your video. I'm going to snorkel at the springs next week.
+Tanasi Tim Oh ok. Yeah, unfortunately along the lower Suwannee you see a lot of speeders along the river. So glad you enjoyed the video!
+Curtis Whitwam Sorry for the misunderstanding about my comment.
I'm hope I will be okay swimming next week, I just have a shorty 3-4mm wet-suit.
no captioning=thumbs down...i'm a deaf person....guess you didn't say anything worth hearing/reading
Oh my gosh. I’m sorry! I’ll need to go in and fix that. Thanks for the heads up.