by sutherland | May 31, 2010 | circumnavigational, dream paddles, florida, keys, suwannee
This is the Florida-list of paddles I want to do and doesn’t include U.S. or world trips. 7-Mile Bridge I’ve always found it a bit strange that for all the time I’ve spent in the Keys I’ve never paddled 7-Mile Bridge. (view in Google Earth) I’ve paddled a lot of the...
by sutherland | May 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s a formula that’s worked for cats, dogs and attempts at English translation – so now, lolSkates. The difference, though, is that my skating can make you laugh without misspelled captions. At today’s skate I had the girl-child take some video of me so I could...
by sutherland | May 22, 2010 | alligator, central florida, dolphins, haulover canal, kayaking, manatee, the mangrove story
For my birthday morning, I took my daughter and a friend of hers to Haulover Canal. View Haulover Canal in a larger map After a long drive to pick up her Little Boy Friend*, we hit Subway for breakfast and to pick up lunch. At Subway, they gave me a Sharpie to...
by sutherland | May 18, 2010 | alligator, central florida, kayaking, paddling, wekiva, wilson's landing
For today’s trip on the Wekiva, I headed for Wilson’s Landing at State Road 46 to put in. View Wekiva – Wilson’s Landing in a larger map The forecast all week calls for scattered thundershowers and halfway to drop my daughter off for her class and my...
by sutherland | May 18, 2010 | central florida, kayaking, paddling, wekiva, wekiwa
I was lazy last week and didn’t post about one of my trips, so will have to take care of that today. In the past when I’ve tried to get back to paddling, one of the problems has been time. With a family there always seems to be something that needs to be done,...