Today started off as most days and soon we were on the water and were immediately greeted by a east/northeast wind. At first it was just loud and wasn't creating any chop. This changed suddenly and for no apparent reason near Boothville. As we rounded the corner the waves were breaking against our boat. Luckily things settled down as soon as they started. When we arrived at "The Jump" a pass that brings you into Venice and contemplated paddling to Venice but instead decided to paddle a little further down and make camp along the river. The site we found looked pretty cool. It was on a high patch on ground with lots of Ball Cypress in the water and a neat swamp behind it. We pulled up and examined the ground. It looked pretty dry but for some reason there were areas that were damp, odd. We figured that whatever the reason that it had been quite some time since it last happened because all the wood on the ground was dry. We set up and the rest of the evening went on as any other. However, in the middle of the night the question about the sand was answered when Amanda shouted, "Water! Dave get up I hear water!" I jumped up looked outside and saw huge waves crashing on the beach as water was receding from around our tent. The damp sand you see was from huge waves breaking against the shore and when big enough made it all the way up to where our tent was! Luckily and for reasons I don't fully understand the water stopped just inches from our tent. Although our tent remained dry we decided to move it over a couple feet to another dry spot, just in case. Tomorrow we paddle to the Gulf!!!
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