Camp Lulu New Years Eve

[Keith W]

Anybody heading out to Camp Lulu for New Years Eve? I was supposed to be diving at Devils Den in Williston on Saturday but that was cancelled and now I'm thinking about heading south on Friday morning for some island partying.

[Terry]

 

Here's your perfect opportunity to try out the best north terminus of the Wilderness Waterway -

Collier Seminole State Park.   If you get a late start you can stay at Grocer Point, only a couple hours

out of CSSP.  Otherwise start at CSSP paddle out to Camp Lulu

and paddle a different route back the next day, depending on conditions.

 

[Keith W]

Some other time maybe. That's twice the distance and I want to get to Lulu early Friday to try and get a decent camping spot.

[Terry]

 

Well when you do man-up to start at Collier Seminole State Park this is worth noting:

Tides for Pumpkin Bay are listed on the NOAA site and the tides at Pumpkin Bay are basically

the same as Buttonwood Bay.  Buttonwood Bay is exposed mud at low tide, if you go through

Buttonwood Bay and Fishawk Creek you must do so at something other than low tide.

Also Blackwater River has got a good amount of tidal action, not like the main rivers,

Shark, Lostmans, Chatham, etc., but enough that you want to plan on paddling with it not

against it.   You can use the Pumpkin Bay tide station to predict the river and all the

way up to the CSSP marina.   After studying the tide times at both the CSSP marina and

Pumpkin Bay I was surprised to see an insignificant difference.

 

[Wayne Wells]

What is the deal with Camp LuLu? Being a non-FL reader, I'm not in the loop.

[Keith W]

Camp Lulu Key sits just outside the northern Park boundary (the green line in the screenshot), about a mile from Tiger Key. Since it isn't in the Park, no camping permit is required. Every New Years Eve paddlers gather at Camp Lulu to party. This was my second New Years Eve at Camp Lulu, and I had a great time.

 

Camp Lulu is small and it fills up fast, that's why I wanted to take the shortest route. I put in at the Gulf Coast Visitor Center ramp at 4 AM and rode the outbound tide through Indian Key Pass, and watched the sun rise over Tiger Key. I made it to Lulu by 7:30 and got a good spot at the east end of the main beach.

 

[2q9uesgwgoite]

Keith if you are living on Friday I will like to car pull with you. I'll shipin $$ for fuel.

[Keith W]

I posted this last year. I don't plan on going out this year.

[2q9uesgwgoite]

I will like to car pull with you if possible.