The Boy-Child’s First Solo
There's an old Styx song I've been humming a lot this week:Nothing ever goes as planned ...It's a hell of a notion ...I'm on vacation this week and had "plans" -- the plans were to paddle every morning, do several hours of paddling on different routes and be off the...
Moss Park – Lake Hart
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...
Econlockhatchee River (upper) — Failed Trip
If the trip was a failure, why am I posting it? In fact, if it can't be called a trip at all, with barely twenty minutes on the water, why am I posting it? Well, here's what happened and why. I'm on vacation this week and wanted to paddle several different...
kitten
Yes, I call my wife "kitten". I used to call her "honey", but then she asked me a question that had a Bad Answer ... she asked, "What did you call your first wife?" I said, " .... honey?" Thereafter, "honey" was...
Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail
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)
Econlockhatchee River (middle)
Today's activities started as a trip to the dog park with the furry family members. If you're in Central Florida with a dog, Fleet Peeple's Park in Winter Park is where to go. This is a huge off-leash park with lake access -- absolute heaven for the puppies.So we...
North Tampa Bay
This is actually a trip I took last summer (2007) and it wasn't even a real paddling trip.I was going to be in Tampa for a week to attend technical training, so I threw the boat on top of the car in hopes I could get some time on the water -- I managed to get about an...
Introduction
This site was born out of my frustration with being unable to find paddling sites that provided all the information I'd like to have about a new destination.For instance, I've never seen a description of taking out at Wekiva Springs State Park that lays out just how...