by sutherland | May 15, 2012 | florida, kayaking, keys
With a new car that gets much better mileage than my V8 Mountainer (even if a 16’ boat on 14’ Prius does look a bit silly), I can now worry more about where I want to paddle than how much it will cost me to get there and back. Since Orlando to Key Largo costs about...
by sutherland | Dec 18, 2011 | camping, florida, honeymoon island, kayaking, saltwater, tampa bay
December in Florida. On the water at 11:30, clear blue skies and 72-degrees. This was a trip to visit the spoil islands in Saint Joseph Sound to pick one for camping in a few weeks. Spoil islands are the result of dredging channels – the material dredged...
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 15, 2010 | caladesi island, dolphins, florida, gps, honeymoon island, kayaking, paddling, saltwater
I had a bit of a later start than I planned this morning, due mostly to a muttered “oh, hell, no” and slap at the alarm clock around 0-dark-thirty. Once up, though, I loaded the car and hit the road for Dunedin, FL, stopping just twice: Subway for breakfast and lunch...
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 | May 30, 2008 | circumnavigational, florida, saltwater
Twenty-six segments of multi-day paddling to completely circumnavigate Florida from the Panhandle to the Georgia border … what more can I say?Official State SiteFlorida Paddling Trails Association (the volunteer stewards of the trail)