OCTOBER 4-5 NATURALIST SCENIC RIVER PADDLE
There will be a flat water scenic river paddle in Monroe County on the Alabama River from Haines Island (Davis Ferry) to Isaacs Creek Campground at Claiborne. This paddle will be led by Don Self, a knowledgeable naturalist and birdwatcher who has studied William Bartram’s travels through the area. He is a retired geologist who lives near Gallion. He will be assisted by Randy Nalley a forester for Weyerhaeuser.
This Alabama Scenic River Trail (ASRT) Paddle is sponsored by the Board of the ASRT, ALA-TOM R C&D, Southwest Alabama Tourism, Monroe County Heritage Museum, and the Army Corp of Engineers. The purpose of the paddle is to get people interested in exploring the Selma-Gainestown portion of the ASRT. The cost of the paddle is $55 which includes: a tour guide, a portable breakfast and lunch on Saturday, Oct 4, a dinner and entertainment that night at the Isaacs Creek campground, a breakfast on Sunday, October 5 as well as an old fashioned Sunday Dinner to end the activities. It also includes transportation for paddlers back to Haines Island to get their vehicles to return to Isaac Creek to pick up their canoes as well as admission to the Alabama River Museum.
The paddlers must provide their own canoe or kayak, paddles, life jacket, tent and sleeping bag. They must reserve and pay for camping. They will be required to transport their own canoes from Isaac Creek Campground on Sunday. The paddlers will be transported to their vehicles at Haines Island, the starting point of the paddle.
The schedule of events will be:
October 4:
October 5:
This Alabama Scenic River Trail (ASRT) Paddle is sponsored by the Board of the ASRT, ALA-TOM R C&D, Southwest Alabama Tourism, Monroe County Heritage Museum, and the Army Corp of Engineers. The purpose of the paddle is to get people interested in exploring the Selma-Gainestown portion of the ASRT. The cost of the paddle is $55 which includes: a tour guide, a portable breakfast and lunch on Saturday, Oct 4, a dinner and entertainment that night at the Isaacs Creek campground, a breakfast on Sunday, October 5 as well as an old fashioned Sunday Dinner to end the activities. It also includes transportation for paddlers back to Haines Island to get their vehicles to return to Isaac Creek to pick up their canoes as well as admission to the Alabama River Museum.
The paddlers must provide their own canoe or kayak, paddles, life jacket, tent and sleeping bag. They must reserve and pay for camping. They will be required to transport their own canoes from Isaac Creek Campground on Sunday. The paddlers will be transported to their vehicles at Haines Island, the starting point of the paddle.
The schedule of events will be:
October 4:
7:00 AM - Haines Island (Monroe County side of the Alabama River), bird watching for interested paddlers
8:00 AM - We will Leave Haines Island for daylong paddle to end at Isaacs Creek Campground (Monroe
County). There will be side trips to view wildlife, plant life, and geology.
4:00 PM - (approximate) land at Isaacs Creek Campground.
6:00 PM - Barbeque and entertainment. Any paddlers wanting to bring musical instruments can have themtransported by the Trip Coordinator from Haines Island to Isaacs Creek Campground.
October 5:
8:00 AM - Breakfast at Isaacs Creek
8:30 AM - Side Trip paddle of the area
10:00 AM- Tour of the Alabama River Museum at Claiborne
11:30 AM - Sunday Dinner at Isaacs Creek
12:30 PM - Depart for Haines Island to retrieve vehicles
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