Where is the best spot in the southeast to go on a kayak camping trip?

Billy, we polled some folks here at GORP.com HQ and came up with a number of suggestions for your trip. Top of the list is Everglades National Park, with paddling trips that range from two hours to two weeks. Here is some more info: http://bit.ly/ArBRaV. You should also check out this great article by outdoors writer Johnny Molloy, who wrote about canoeing the length of the park a few years ago for us: http://bit.ly/AtXPrE. March should be a good time to paddle the 'Glades before the bugs and humidity get too bad (though one staffer here was of the opinion that "you couldn’t pay me to sleep out there!").

Another Florida suggestion is the relatively new Great Calusa Blueway, which is a 190-mile marked canoe and kayak trail that meanders through the coastal waters and inland tributaries of Lee County, Florida. There are numerous campgrounds, lodging choices, and put-ins along the way. Still in Florida, the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail is another excellent choice for a long-distance paddle. Ply 170 miles of marked waterways supported by a network of camps and supply outposts, stretching from north-central Florida to the Gulf of Mexico.

Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp is another popular Southeast paddling hot spot. You can read about it here: http://bit.ly/AxFbn1. A bit further north, Congaree National Park has some excellent backcountry paddling options (more info here: http://bit.ly/zGEt2y). And then there's lots of coastal paddling in the inland marshes and bays of North Carolina and Virginia. Oh the choices (and we haven't even got to canoeing and rafting in the more mountainous parts of the region!). Have fun.