Tag: travel
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Short Paddle
Today was a windy day but clear and warm. I made a reservation at Gambel Rogers state park in Flagler (6 miles away) in case the wind was too bad. I got to the park with some work but planned to continue on. However Mark and his wife Betty asked me to lunch, so I…
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Reaquaintance
Back at Manatee Hammock campground I met 2 musicians John and Mary. They play mainly Celtic music. Well today I heard someone playing Oh Shenandoah and went over. You guessed it, John and Mary. So we caught up a bit and laughed about how small this world can really be. I gave them the name…
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Good Morning
It currently is a bright sunny warm day, breezy (10-15 mph gusts to 30) day. It is a rest day for me @ Tomoka State park. I flew in here yesterday, having an 8 mph tail wind and tide in my favor, averaging 4 mph paddling. I reached nearly 5 mph at one point. Anyway…
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ON the water again! Whoot! Whoot!
So Thursday at 1:33am SpaceX had a launch. I’ll post the video when I am near power and possibly WiFi. Anyway, I was up, the group had dispersed and there was NO wind. I packed up, dilligently not quickly and got on the water @ 5am. It was a 21 mile day. A light head…
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Life at the campground
Another windy day today 30 plus mph, so I am still grounded. I thought I would show you some pics of the campground, and its visitors. First some of the friends that pass through: Here is a pic of another camper I thought was cool: You can get more of his story on Facebook; lookup Milk Truck…
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Update
Well the hand is much better. If the weather forcast was better I might have moved on. Today was very nice but Sun and Monday are rain and wind days. So I am here until at least Tuesday. That will give the hand more time to heal anyway. So what have I been doing while…
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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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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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