I'm considering Lake Fontaine (sp?) on the N.C , TN border . Then work
my way up to island on lake Erie.

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One thing at a time.
I am not a great Greenland paddle fan but they certainly have a place.
For the camping I would do a couple of short camping hikes first where
you won't be so isolated should you forget something. When you have
your ducks in a row and you know you have the right gear and a
knowledge of how it works then you get dry bags and stuff it into a sea
kayak and off you go.
My winter kayak camping is restricted to a serious day paddle with all
the gear to camp followed by a night in a B & B or hotel.
In summer you can normally get off with kit omissions and not be any
the worse for it all.
I have some fabulous winter camping photos.
We were out once and had a major dump of snow that we never realy
noticed. When finished camping we found out that the city was shut
down, roads blocked and we were very lucky our shuttle vehicles were
all large 4X4's This was a long time ago and predates SUV's as we know
them.
If you have access to the outside world from your planned camping sites
you should be fine. We never have that here.
Alex