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,...
by sutherland | Jun 15, 2008 | alligator, canoeing, central florida, florida, kayaking, wekiva, wekiwa
After nearly soiling myself passing a very large gator at close range on the Econlockhatchee, I decided something more leisurely and sedate was in order, so I headed for Wekiwa Springs State Park to paddle the Wekiva River. The springs and the river actually do have...
by sutherland | Jun 14, 2008 | alligator, canoeing, central florida, econlockhatchee, kayaking, paddling
The Econ has not been kind to me this week. After failing earlier in an attempt to paddle the upper stretch, I returned this morning for the lower segment, which is 11-miles and runs from Snow Hill Road to State Road 46, a short ways down the St. Johns River...
by sutherland | Jun 11, 2008 | canoeing, central florida, kayaking, lake hart, moss park, paddling
After my failure at paddling the upper Econ this morning, I moved on to Moss Park and Lake Hart. Moss Park is in South Orange County, situated between Lake Hart (to the west) and Lake Mary Jane (to the east). A canal connects the two lakes, running through the...