Drew Cutter wrote:
I would love to paddle Assateague island this time of year. Any clubs
that paddles this island ? Good places to launch a boat , camping ? Any
dangers in paddling this area ?
I Just wait till bout mid September to go the weather still kinda nicew
and the bugs aren't so bad. Other than that just be prepared for bugs
any real camper will know how to deal with them. The National park has
some backcountry campsites that are only accesible by boat.

for more information
http://www.nps.gov/asis/
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?607
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?377
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?1053

I know this club has paddled there in the past and don't know if they
will be doing it again.

http://www.caskva.org

Drew Cutter wrote in
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John have you done any camping around assateague ? Would a hammock and
portable stand work , against Sand fleas , mosquitoes ? Rain storms
and bivy , good idea or go with a tent ?

I haven't actually done any camping around Assateague but I'd definitely
bring a tent.

You can tell that i don't live near a ocean or large body of water ,
yet. When i was going to school in Minnesota the bugs weren't really
bad. Worse than here in ohio. The portable hammock i found weight around
20 lbs. , ok for a weekend trip. The hammock comes with its own stand .
:-) . I won't know what kind of tent that would work the best , secure
it to the ground. From article i read , this may not be a problem
(designated camp grounds ).

John Fereira wrote:
Drew Cutter wrote in
:


John have you done any camping around assateague ? Would a hammock and
portable stand work , against Sand fleas , mosquitoes ? Rain storms
and bivy , good idea or go with a tent ?


I haven't actually done any camping around Assateague but I'd definitely
bring a tent.

Drew Cutter wrote:

You can tell that i don't live near a ocean or large body of water ,
yet. When i was going to school in Minnesota the bugs weren't really
bad. Worse than here in ohio. The portable hammock i found weight around
20 lbs. , ok for a weekend trip. The hammock comes with its own stand .
:-) . I won't know what kind of tent that would work the best , secure
it to the ground. From article i read , this may not be a problem
(designated camp grounds ).

We camped on the ocean side and found that the main issue was the strong
wind combined with just having sand to secure the tent stakes. On our
first trip back to town we bought some larger stakes and supplemented
them with sticks tied to rope and buried in the sand. We didn't have
any problems with our tent but saw a few others blowing across the beach.
The horses sometimes wandered through camp and brushed up against tents
and other things.

Peter ;

Is your food safe from the horse ?

Peter wrote:
Drew Cutter wrote:

You can tell that i don't live near a ocean or large body of water ,
yet. When i was going to school in Minnesota the bugs weren't really
bad. Worse than here in ohio. The portable hammock i found weight
around 20 lbs. , ok for a weekend trip. The hammock comes with its own
stand . :-) . I won't know what kind of tent that would work the best
, secure it to the ground. From article i read , this may not be a
problem (designated camp grounds ).


We camped on the ocean side and found that the main issue was the strong
wind combined with just having sand to secure the tent stakes. On our
first trip back to town we bought some larger stakes and supplemented
them with sticks tied to rope and buried in the sand. We didn't have
any problems with our tent but saw a few others blowing across the beach.
The horses sometimes wandered through camp and brushed up against tents
and other things.

Drew Cutter wrote:

Peter ;

Is your food safe from the horse ?

After a "learning experience" with squirrels in the Grand Canyon, I try
not to leave the food where any critters can gain access to it.
[Although it turned out that we had a surplus and the squirrels just
lightened our load on the way out.] So we didn't lose any food to the
horses.

Peter wrote:

Drew Cutter wrote:

You can tell that i don't live near a ocean or large body of water ,
yet. When i was going to school in Minnesota the bugs weren't really
bad. Worse than here in ohio. The portable hammock i found weight
around 20 lbs. , ok for a weekend trip. The hammock comes with its
own stand . :-) . I won't know what kind of tent that would work the
best , secure it to the ground. From article i read , this may not be
a problem (designated camp grounds ).



We camped on the ocean side and found that the main issue was the
strong wind combined with just having sand to secure the tent stakes.
On our first trip back to town we bought some larger stakes and
supplemented them with sticks tied to rope and buried in the sand. We
didn't have any problems with our tent but saw a few others blowing
across the beach.
The horses sometimes wandered through camp and brushed up against
tents and other things.