High Country Outfitters

I just got back from a fabulous trip to St. Simons Island to do some relaxing and a bit of Sea Kayaking.  Tammy and I were invited down by our friends Chandler and Stephanie to stay at their family home.  As a thank you we brought down two tandem kayaks from the HC rental fleet.  We stopped in at the local outfitters in St. Simons, Southeast Adventure Outfitters, to get some beta on places to paddle and got some great information on not only where to paddle but when to put in and so forth due to the tide.  We had to carry our kayaks down to the surf from the parking area which was quite a chore.  I will never do that again without a kayak cart or a Kevlar boat!  That was probably the hardest part of our journey.  We launched our boats into the Atlantic Ocean and paddled over to Sea Island where we surfed the waves into shore and hung out for a bit and then entered the marsh which was really cool.  We paddled the meandering river through the marsh to our take-out point, loaded up the Jeep and headed home for a night of libation and good times.  We were able to get in one more trip a few days later.  This time we went in reverse and started in the marsh and followed the tide out to sea.  It was a beautiful evening as we unloaded the kayaks.  A storm was brewing in the distance and about halfway through our trip we got hit with a warm rain.  We skirted up and kept paddling it was very exhilarating and a little dangerous because of lightning in the area.  We hit the ocean and got to the beach just in time.  We had stashed my bike so I hoped on and went to get the Jeep.  We loaded the kayaks and got in the car just as lightning started striking all around us and right where we had just been. All in all we had a great time!  Come on in to High Country Outfitters and rent or purchase a kayak of you own, get out on the water and have your own adventure.