Tag: travel
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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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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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Day 12 The Good the Bad and the Ugly
I was told that some of y’all wanted to hear everything not just the great stuff. So here goes: Lets start with the good stuff: The Bad and Ugly:
