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This blog will chronical canoe, kayak and other boating related trips I have planned or completed.
I hope you are inspired to get outside and live life to its fullest.
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Some said I was ambitious.
I want to promote this gentleman, Mark Ervin, ( https://www.mark-ervin.com/ ) and his paddling adventure. Something so much bigger than my trip. He is still going strong currently in North Carolina. Please check him out and his Greater Loop trip, he also has a YouTube channel to chronical his trip and where you can donate…
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Another 17 miles of the ICW complete
Friday March 24th with a buddy of mine, we paddled from the Deep Creek Lock to the NC Dismal Swamp visitor Center a 17 mile paddle. A great day for paddling, not too sunny, not too hot with a slight breeze. The water was like glass most of the trip, with the breeze breaking that…
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Just a reminder
This is just a reminder that I will be at Laurel Hill church (1919 New Market Rd, Varina Va.) at 10:AM Saturday 3/25. You are all invited to the review of my trip, hopefully just a 30 to 45 min review. I’ll also have lots of pictures afterward you can watch as long as you…
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An Invitation:
Hi everyone – I am sorry I haven’t been diligent with posting after leaving the ICW. However, you are invited to a short presentation of the trip that I will be giving on 3/25/23 at 10AM. I will be talking about all that I did, posted and are about to do. Please come if you…
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Gear and packing the cockpit.
Obviously this is where I am going to be packed in as well as any gear that doesn’t find its way into the other compartments. The more I put here the less space I have to be comfortable. Getting in and out of the kayak is an art and is when you are most likely…
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Gear and packing the rear compartment
In the rear compartment were the more functional items if you will. Again the compartment opening limited how big an item could be to just fit in. The largest item in this compartment was the sleeping bag. In the picture it is the grey compression sack on the left, it fits into a yellow dry…
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Thanks Bruce. I start Monday.
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Thank Cheryl. I start Monday and prayers would be nice.
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Just left Ft. Lauderdale to head to Virginia!
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Thank you. I start Monday.
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Happy paddling! Have a safe and wonderful adventure. Praying for sunny skies and calmer waters. Will be following you .
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Thanks for stopping at Camachee Cove Yacht Harbor in St. Augustine, Florida. We don’t get too many kayakers here. Good luck on your amazing journey!
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Thank you for all your help.
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interesting to read about your ICW 2024 journey . Looking forward to reading about your next trip!
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This brought back so many memories of my first trip down – as soon as my older brother and I were old enough – middle school – my Dad fulfilled his lifelong dream of paddling the Allagash – we put it in on one of the upper lakes. First memories are us all sleeping under one tarp – no tent – waking up with 1000 mosquitoes perched right over our faces. And also catching dozens of brook trout into the evening on what became bare hooks – at a stream coming in. While we were dragged on this of course I ended up with several boats, doing tons of whitewater and canoe trips through out my life – and now have the light Souris River kevlar/fiberglass 17 so I can keep going alone in my old age – now 71. Ended up on one of my parents 3 week arctic trips before grad school back in 1977. Every time my Dad saw another person on a trip in Maine he would go 100 miles further north and that’s how he got to the arctic. My older sister and husband have continued to do dozens of them.
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It is a beautiful area and unfortunately i did see more people than I had hoped – mid week in late Sept. – great for fall color though. Thanks for continuing to follow.
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