Five Days of FUNctional Freestyle Tripping in the NJ Pine Barrens

[Steve in Idaho]

Thanks for that great write up, Glenn. Looks like a lot of fun. I get just a taste of that on the local lake when the level is high and into the cottonwoods. That's where the best bass fishing is, and it's out of the wind and wake waves. Getting to the hot spots is as much fun as catching the fish. In Spring, I get some of that too when I go up the cottonwood & willow lined inlet and maneuver around/over/under deadfall in current to visit the large heron rookery. I can't get enough of it. The pictures and videos in this thread are a nice quick fix.

 

[lowangle al]

My corner of that site, which had direct lake access. Most of the trees are oaks, which continuously rained down acorns—banging and cracking on top our our vehicles and canoes, and booming when they hit the top of Marc's trailer. ALL NIGHT.

FYI, I've had acorns put permanent dings on the hull of my composite Seliga.

 

[NikonF5user]

FYI, I've had acorns put permanent dings on the hull of my composite Seliga.

Among the common oaks up there were chestnut oaks - and they have very large acorns, they can most certainly put a dent in one's head when hiking through piedmont forests! May or may not be speaking for experience...