Category: Outdoors
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Good evening all
I am now 2nd day into my trip. Left Melbourne Beach around 8 yesterday, traveled 16 miles against the wind but made it to my goal destination. Nothing to note about yesterday other than the wind, and my right hand is in pain. Today however was much better. Little wind in the morning, fading to…
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One more try
So, if at first you don’t succeed …. I am going to give it a second go at completing my quest. After watching Mark Ervin’s YouTube channel (see a the 4/14/23 post about him), purchasing and repairing a longer Kayak, and doing my lessons learned of my first attempt; I decided to give it another go. As…
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A quick update:
Hi everyone, and thanks for following. I have decided to give the ICW trip one more go but more on that in the next post. Here I want to welcome the folks that are new to this blog and let “all y’all” (pretty good southern for a Yankee, huh) know what I have been up to. First…
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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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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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Gear and packing the front of the kayak
Hi, I said I would add some things so here is some info for those interested about what gear I brought and how it fit into the kayak. First off the kayak has about as much space as a 50 – 60 liter pack. For those of you who backpack you should understand. The issue…
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Some Data
So the picture above is from the tracking map and shows the entire trip. 168 miles from Miami to Melbourne Beach Fla. I am good with my decision to stop but not happy it is over. I am looking forward to the Sept. NFCT (Northern Forrest Canoe Trail) trip. A trip that will be much…
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Day 13 Thank you all
What a day! Wind and tide were with me today and I made great time. I have not checked but I but I would guess about 3.5 mph or better. I left Sebastian at 7:50am and arrived in Melbourne Beach at 1:20pm. Per the navagation tool that is a 18.9 mile paddle. I straightened out…
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