Category: Adventuring
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Day 6 on my own
Today Peg dropped me off, I packed the Kayak and Peg headed to my brothers home in Ocala. The day started normal, hot, slight wind and sunny, with the chance of rain mid afternoon. Things went well until I got to St. Lucie inlet. I got past the crazy boat drivers and stayed on the…
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Day 5 Turtle day
Today was a hot day and I was fighting the tide most of the day. But that is just part of the experience I guess. It was just a short 15 mile day but it took a lot out of me for some reason. However, I did like what I saw today, nice houses, some…
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Day 4
Today was a beautiful day. I hope to post pics later that reflect how nice it was. 16+ miles, and because I got an early start I was done by 1:30ish. We then went shopping for a few things I needed and a few other things Peg feels I need. I finished up in Palm…
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Day 3 – great weather and long paddle
Today was much like yesterday, great weather (just too hot 86), low traffic and a long paddle (20.4 miles). This puts me ahead of schedule but I am sure that will be eaten up somewhere. It was great today that the tide was with me all the way. Tides are funny and you have to…
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Day 2 a much better day
Todays weather was better – less wind but much warmer, reaching 86 and that made me melt. I was able to have a faster day (same distance almost an hour faster) because there was less traffic and less waves/wakes to deal with. I was also able to stay dryer than yesterday, so not as sticky…
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Additional Tracking tricks and info.
When you go to the tracking map, if you zoom in and then click on a part of the route (not a ping dot) you will get some info regarding my paddling speed and distance traveled. I am sorry that the navigation links aren’t working for phones. I’ll work on that soon I hope. So…
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Day 1
Just getting to the place I found on google earth was an adventure because of the gated communities. I was ready to leave at 9:30 am; it started off a bit windy (gusts to 20 mph) and and very choppy. As the day passed and I was in a narrower channel the winds were less…
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Food
Thinking about food, and space and all that. Well I am not much for the commercial freeze dried stuff. So I try and make my own dried food. I dry fruits and veggies, as well as make my own jerky. I will bring commercial protein/power bars this trip. I may try to make them in…
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About the Tracking Map link
I carry a PLD (personal locator device) for safety. It pings satellites and tracks my path, this link should allow you to see where I am as I travel each day. If things go awry I can hit a button to request assistance of my family, another button to let my family know I am…
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New Photo Galleries
So I just added a photo gallery to house some of the shots along my trip starting next week. Be sure to check the pages out. Currently I have a few pics of myself as well as a few pics that I have taken on past trips.
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