by sutherland | May 23, 2012 | equipment, kayaking, wekiva, wekiwa
An afternoon paddle on the Wekiva today, but no pictures or GPS due to battery issues. Those should be resolved before my next paddle, though. I started at Wekiva Springs State Park and turned onto Rock Springs Run to paddle upstream until the water became to...
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 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,...