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txmntman
Joined: 10 Mar 2009 Posts: 81 City/Region: GEORGETOWN
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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How are you all getting reservations? I go online and EVERYTHING at Hontoon shows booked through all of March (I don’t believe that). I called the reservation number, they say Hontoon is closed and won’t open until Jan 1. I call the Hontoon state park directly, and no answer…..so, what am I doing wrong? I would love to book and head to the gathering again….It was great last year… _________________ CD 22 “Saint Somewhere” 2020 - Present
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20810 City/Region: Pensacola
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Tom and Joyce have taken a month off from cruising the Loop on "Redemption" and are home currently. They will be finding out what is going on there shortly I am sure.
I suspect that there is work being done. I would plan to go, there are other options even if the State Park ic closed. We have reservations at the campground near Ed Stone park and will have our 18' Caracal Cat there, and be starting in the camper at this RV park. _________________ Bob Austin
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Avidmagnum12
Joined: 23 Mar 2013 Posts: 668 City/Region: Ocklawaha
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Seems strange…. But you are right about the website. I’ll call the reservation number tomorrow and see what they have to say. They have not canceled anyones reservation yet.
The water is still extremely high on the St. John’s river.
I’m sure everything will work out in the end. _________________ Tom and Joyce Schulke
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2011 CD 25 "My Girl" 06/2015 renamed C-Otter
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4547 City/Region: Madison
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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I was wondering about how the park is doing. I remember they had quite a clean up after the hurricane of 2017. They say the St. John's was even higher this time. And would be a while before flood waters receded. Keeping our fingers crossed that everything is able to open back up. Also wondering about our friends on the Molly Brown, as haven't seen anything posted from them. Our plans after Hontoon were to maybe cruise the western ICW. I think those are pretty much a bust at this point. I suspect it may be a few years before things are opened back up in that area. Again, remembering the storm of 2017, it pretty much devastated the east coast and it was several years before things opened back up there. I still see articles of folks in Ian's path trying to cleanup and rebuild. My prayers go out to them. Back on topic, I had no problem earlier registering for a site. I suspect that until they get the park back opened, they have put reservations on a hold. Colby |
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4547 City/Region: Madison
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Found this photo on one of the Face Book pages for Hontoon Island State Park. Looks to have been uploaded October 7th. Not sure when the photographer took it.
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ssobol
Joined: 27 Oct 2012 Posts: 3373 City/Region: SW Michigan
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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colbysmith wrote: | Found this photo on one of the Face Book pages for Hontoon Island State Park. Looks to have been uploaded October 7th. Not sure when the photographer took it.
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There is potential for another storm to hit the same area. Beware Nicole! |
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Avidmagnum12
Joined: 23 Mar 2013 Posts: 668 City/Region: Ocklawaha
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Can’t seem to get a hold of anyone at the park or online. I’m thinking that they will open things up after Thanksgiving IF hurricane Nicole does not make think’s worse. We will just have to wait and see. I’ll post again when I know something. Again they have not canceled anyones reservations at this time. Everyone stay safe
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4547 City/Region: Madison
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Just in case they do cancel, can I be the first to say I've never been to Appalachacola? (And probably can't spell it right either...) (Just thinking a backup plan in case...) Colby |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20810 City/Region: Pensacola
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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Even if Hontoon cancels, Tom has some back up plans on the St. John's. We are still "in" for whatever happens--and will be there--if physically possible.
Colby, make it a trip to specifically do some of the Eastern part of the Gulf Coast ICW, and then up the Apalachicola--which has been navigated up to the dams which don't have locks..
Quote: | The project ultimately constructed consisted of a 9- by 100-foot navigation channel along 107 miles of the Apalachicola River between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam. From there the navigation channel extends 155 miles up the Chattahoochee River to Columbus, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama, and 28 miles up the Flint River to Bainbridge, Georgia. | I have photo/charts for the Apalachicola, if you are interested.
There are some trips along from Carabelle to some of the other nearby inlets. Even go up the Swanee River etc.
In the relatively short time we have lived on the Gulf Coast (30 years), we have seen the Apalachicola oyster beds go from some of the most prolific in all of North America to Zero--zilch--all oystering is shut down now. It has been a combination of issues, from oyster diseases, to water wars involving release of fresh water down the Apalachicola and chatahooti rivers:
A tale of an oyster tonger and what has happened to the oyster beds.
Pensacola has started oyster farming, on commercial and scientific models
Unfortunately Perdido Bay is too polluted by the paper mill to have viable oyster beds, as there were in the distant past. There are still lots of boat trips and areas to explore all along the Gulf Coast. Not as spectacular as some places, but if you hear banjo music think "Deliverance". |
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4547 City/Region: Madison
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Bob for some cruising ideas. Rosanne is tired of cruising the St. John's, (we have covered quite a bit of it over our 8 or 9 gatherings), and ready for somewhere else. Tom also shared with me the Gulf ICW is fairly protected and would make for a nice cruise. Probably a good chance that we may well do the Gulf ICW after Hontoon (or wherever we gather.) Colby |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20810 City/Region: Pensacola
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:02 am Post subject: |
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We never tire of the St. John's river. We see new things, and plenty of birds each time we go, even we have been there many times.
Let me know if and when the Gulf Coast ICW--You can go from Brownsville TX to Carabelle. I have done all of it-but in various times thru my life. New Orleans is a good destination. |
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multimediasmith
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:03 am Post subject: |
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I’m sure everyone has tried this but I just went back to where I made my reservation and it appears to be up
Camping Boat
Camping Boat
Hontoon Island has 42 accessible boat slips available with water and shore power. Our largest berth can accommodate a 60-foot yacht.
Reservations can be made up to 11 months in advance. For reservations, visit the Florida State Parks reservations website or call 800-326-3521 or TDD 888-433-0287
https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/hontoon-island-state-park |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20810 City/Region: Pensacola
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 9:04 am Post subject: |
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What I see on the boat registration site is that all slips are shown as non available at least thru April 2023. Unfortunately the state park system moves very slowly in repairs.
The situation may well be worse with the current storm's rainfall in the watershed of a river basin which is already supersaturated. |
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ssobol
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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thataway wrote: | What I see on the boat registration site is that all slips are shown as non available at least thru April 2023. Unfortunately the state park system moves very slowly in repairs.
The situation may well be worse with the current storm's rainfall in the watershed of a river basin which is already supersaturated. |
I see that all slips are not available for the next 11 months (as far out as you can look). |
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thataway
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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Major flooding at Astor currently. I believe we will just have to wait to see what develops in the next several months. |
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