Blackwater Outdoor Journeys: Raw wilderness adventure through the blackwater rivers and swamps of the American South. The Okefenokee, the Suwannee, the Satilla, the Altamaha, and the Alapaha.
Born and raised in Charlton County, Georgia, in Okefenokee country, I have spent a lifetime on this water. My wife Tina paddles bow. What you see here is what actually happened out there.
This is where the plan gets tested. Full length expedition films, not clips. Canoe expeditions, wild water routes, practical bushcraft, off-grid cooking, and wilderness navigation. Solo trips and expeditions together through remote rivers where conditions decide the rules.
No hype. Just camp systems that hold up when you're tired, wet, or behind schedule. A home for the steady outdoorsman who values substance over highlights.
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Where the Map Ends, The WILD begins!! Stay Rugged.
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🧭 The CWS App Is Live
Built the trip-planning tool I always wanted for real canoe country — paddling,
hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, cycling, climbing, winter, and hybrid trips,
all in one app.
Offline satellite maps. Live weather. Real-time USGS river flow data. Elevation
profiles for every route. An AI Coach that knows your actual trip. GPS tracking
when the signal's gone.
It's available to members of THE CAMPFIRE, my outdoor education community on
Skool — not sold separately.
Link to join is in my channel description / www.skool.com/camping-wilderness-skool/about
Stay Rugged. 🪓
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Meat tip: jerky wants zero fat, trim it all, because fat turns it rancid. Sausage wants fat added back. Slice thin, cure, and dry low until it cracks.
Full breakdown below, from Module 10 of The From Field to Freezer Masterclass in our community, THE CAMPFIRE, where members get a daily tip and a real field note.
Jerky or summer sausage, what do you make with your harvest?
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The wild doesn't show up on a chart. You find it, or it finds you. What's a place you've been that no map could've prepared you for?
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🛶 Free download: The Blackwater Paddler's Guide — 34 pages of pre-trip checklists, gear, and detailed Okefenokee + Southern rivers paddling maps. Written from the water.
Grab it free 👉 blackwateroutdoorjourneys.com/paddlers-guide/
Where the map ends, the wild begins. Stay Rugged.
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If you could paddle any river in the Southeast you haven't done yet, which one?
Blackwater River, FL
New River / Tate's Hell
Ohoopee River
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That's our footage on CNN. 🐊
Blackwater Outdoor Journeys on national television, during the live breaking news announcement that the Okefenokee Swamp is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Thirteen months ago I started this channel with a camera and a canoe to hold onto memories. Today our name and logo ran on CNN in front of half a million people.
Where the map ends, the wild begins. Stay rugged.
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Fire tip: the lay decides the job. Tepee for fast heat, log cabin for a long burn, star fire to sip fuel, keyhole to cook and warm at once. Match lay to task.
Full breakdown below, from Module 5 of The Stay Rugged Survival Masterclass in our community, THE CAMPFIRE, where members get a daily tip and a real field note.
What's your go-to fire lay in camp?
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Family camp tip: walk the boundaries with the kids first, set the water rule, life jackets always, and give each kid a whistle, a light, and a real job.
Full breakdown below, from Module 3 of The Family Expedition in our community, THE CAMPFIRE, where members get a daily tip and a real field note.
What got your kids hooked on the outdoors?
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New film drops tomorrow at 10 AM.
Florida's Most Dangerous River. Two days on the Alapaha with Tina, from Statenville down across the state line to a Class II rapid called Jennings Defeat.
The books don't call it the most dangerous river in Florida for what's in it. They call it that for where it goes. You'll see what I mean.
Set a reminder. See you at 10.
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Tomorrow at 10 AM, the next chapter goes live. Before it does, tell me this: what made you subscribe to this channel in the first place? Genuinely curious. Stay Rugged.
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