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Date Posted: 21:22:59 05/15/03 Thu
Author: The Dog
Author Host/IP: pppta13-069.ght.iadfw.net / 207.136.11.39
Subject: Re: Bird Island Camping
In reply to: Capt.Goober 's message, "Bird Island Camping" on 08:54:49 05/15/03 Thu

>My wife and I visited PINS a few years ago and we were
>turned off by the beach trash.

Anytime you're on a Gulf coast, beach trash is a way of life. Stuff washes up. Most of it is from freighters offshore, though some comes from land based runoff. Blaming the park service would be like blaming matches for arson.

> We are revisiting the
>area in June for just a few days. Will have outrigger
>sailing canoe with us. Will be in converted highway
>bus towing Jeep. Should we retry South Beach and then
>drive the jeep further south, or should we try a
>commercial campground and jeep south, or Bird Island
>(which looks nice on the Dogs website), or what?

Since you say later in the message that you're setup for boondocking take advantage of the "free" camping. Bird stays pretty quiet at night. I might even be the noisiest person there... And I'm in bed early. Heading south of Malaquite in anything that's not 4x4 is a crap shoot, especially when the tides are high. Camping is free, but getting towed out isn't. And tides have buried more than one vehicle of a friend. On the up side, the waves will lull you to sleep. On the down side, the fishermen run the beach all night long when fish are biting.

"Real" info is a relative term. Everything here is my opinion. But then I've been more places than most. Anywhere primitive in PINS is better than most other primitive places I've been (though I like saltware). The worst "trash" I've seen south of Malaquite has been miles and miles of washed-up dead Blues... That's Man 'O War jellyfish to other people. Even dead, they're not something to trifle with.

My advice. You're mobile... Try a night or two at Bird. Do some canoeing. If it doesn't work out, then head south. Just air down those tires on the sand (assuming you have a compressor to air them back up when you leave).

Dog

> We
>just want to relax and not party. I don't want my wife
>arrested when she forgets parts of her bathing suit,
>and I don't want to listen to Snoop Doggy at 125dbs at
>midnight. All advice is appreciated. I am set up for
>"boondock" camping. Last time we went as far south as
>we could on South Beach 2wd camping area. This forum
>seemed to be (maybe) the place to get "real" info.
>Thanks in advance.

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Replies:

Re: Bird Island Camping -- Capt.Goober, 05:32:45 05/16/03 Fri
- Re: Bird Island Camping -- The Dog, 17:47:47 05/16/03 Fri
  - Re: Bird Island Camping -- Capt.Goober, 05:38:14 05/17/03 Sat
    - Re: Bird Island Camping -- The Dog, 13:57:46 05/17/03 Sat
      - Re: Bird Island Camping -- Capt.Goober, 15:29:37 05/18/03 Sun
        Re: Bird Island Camping -- The Dog, 06:01:58 05/19/03 Mon
        Re: Bird Island Camping -- Capt.Goober, 13:02:43 05/20/03 Tue
        Re: Bird Island Camping -- The Dog, 21:07:28 05/20/03 Tue