During the last days of the journey, camping is on chickees, which require some careful manoeuvring and preparation for tide, wind and current so as to not damage the canoes. |
My uncle, the mad madman that he is, has gone camping on chickees, these little huts with thatched roofs on stilts in the water. |
Clearly marked signs then guide paddlers across the waterways, lagoons, inlets and sawgrass prairies, with camping on beaches or chickees. |
The chickees of the Seminole and Miccosukee are still thatched with palmetto leaves. |