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- KAYAKING DESTINATIONS + RANDOM IMAGE GALLERY
- Florida
- 10 000 Islands
- Barron Creek to Ferguson River Loop – Mangroves, Airboats and Mud.
- Camping at Camp LuLu in the Ten Thousand Islands.
- Whitehorse Key
- Gone up Crooked Creek to have a little chickee camping fun!
- Paddling the Goodland to Cape Romano loop and camping in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
- Escape from Babylon into the Ten Thousand Islands.
- Everglades National Park
- Coastal
- Interior
- Canepatch camp site deep in the Everglades – a former Indian Mound (Avocado Mound).
- Grass paddling and poling in the Everglades Water Conservation Areas.
- Mahogany Hammock to Ed Brooker’s Landing via Herman Lucerne backcountry & Bill Ashley Jungles
- Oyster Bay chickee camping platform
- Paddling on the Craighead Pond Canoe Trail.
- Pahayokee Overlook to Main Street – Probing into the middle of Shark River Slough.
- Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades!
- Mahogany Hammock – Lane Bay loop of the 2017 Invitational paddle!
- Sloughs
- Florida Bay & Keys
- Bahia Honda State Park – Kayaking through history along Florida’s lower Keys!
- Carysfort Reef Lighthouse – paddling into upper Keys nautical history!
- Johnson Key Chickee
- Kayaking to Alligator Light Reef (lighthouse) .. of Fishes, Wreckers, Pirates and Keys History!
- Kayaking to Dry Rocks Reef – a Pilgrimage to find the “Christ of the Abyss” off Key Largo!
- Little Rabbit Key – a camping jewel in Central Florida Bay
- Long Key (Paddling across Florida Bay from Flamingo – a roundtrip adventure)
- Miami to Flamingo across Florida Bay via Short Key.
- Sombrero Reef Lighthouse – visiting the tallest of the reef lights via kayak!
- The hold up at First National Bank in Florida Bay!
- The Shark Point Chickee condominium on Florida Bay.
- Lower Keys paddling to American Shoal Lighthouse on the edge of the Gulf Stream!
- Fowey Rocks lighthouse – Paddling out to “The eye of Miami”.
- Boca Chita – kayaking to a Fantasy Island on Biscayne Bay!
- Hurricane Irma impacts on the Johnson Key Chickee in Florida Bay.
- Sand Key Lighthouse – kayaking to the “southern star” of the offshore Keys reef lights!
- Kayak Miami: Bill Baggs to Boca Chita across the “Safety Valve” on Biscayne Bay.
- North Nest Key, Joe Bay and tropical storm Gordon.
- Urban paddling in South Florida
- Kayak Miami: Full moon paddling on the historic Miami River.
- Kayak Miami: Stiltsville Village in Biscayne Bay
- Kayaking the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade
- Kayaking the Biscayne Bay triangle: Cape Florida – Fowey Rocks – Soldier Key!
- Kayaking the Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade
- Paddling on Whiskey Creek at Mizell-Johnson (John U Lloyd) State Park in Dania Beach.
- Paddling the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade through Ft Lauderdale
- Paddling the Miami River Canal – Part I: Engineered Freshwater.
- Paddling the Miami River Canal – Part II: Industrial and Historic Route!
- Paddling the Wilton Manors loop in Ft Lauderdale – kayak for Thanksgiving !
- Paddling the windy 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade on the New River!
- Red Bull Flugtag Miami – Paddling to a downtown kayak, boat & plane party!
- Boca Raton Surfski – K1 – SUP workout loop with short portage.
- Paddling the Boca Bash – Boats, Bikinis & Beers in Boca Raton!
- Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade flashback to 2008!
- Paddling the 2020 Pompano Beach Holiday Boat Parade.
- 10 000 Islands
- Florida
- River of Grass Canoe Expedition 2014: Lake Okeechobee – Miami River Canal – Biscayne Bay
- River of Grass Canoe Expedition 2014 – Exploring the Lake Okeechobee headwaters of the Miami Canal
- River of Grass Canoe Expedition 2014 – Canal paddling on the edge of civilization in a Water Conservation Area
- River of Grass Canoe Expedition 2014 – Transition into city and civilization on the Miami River Canal
- River of Grass Canoe Expedition 2014 – Miami River Canal out to Biscayne Bay
- Higher ground in the Lower Keys and Faith in Numbers!
- Crossing paths of Gladesmen, Gator hunters, Outlaws and Moonshiners: An invitation to paddling forgotten trails of the Everglades!
- Harvest moon, Super moon, Blood moon and High Tides of an Eclipse Tetrad!
- Camping Hell in the Ten Thousand Islands.
- Moonshine in the 10 000 Islands of the Everglades.
- Heaven or Hell: Summer paddling and camping in the Ten Thousand Islands
- Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay – Kayaking, Camping and Nice Dreams!
- Across Florida Bay: Flamingo to Long Key Roundtrip Adventure!
- Everglades hot summer camping and cruising – the Central & Western Florida Bay loop!
- Camping on the Johnson Key platform in Florida Bay.
- Offshore Paddling: The six historic Florida Keys lighthouses!
- Chief Chekika’s not so secret island hideaway in the Everglades!
- Grass Paddling in the East Everglades Expansion Area – History, Gladesmen & more Grass!
- Kayaking the River of Grass – a Shark River Slough Expedition.
- The Lost Portage – connecting streams in the Everglades!
- Running down the Taylor Slough in the Everglades.
- Tasty & Quick Cooking for backcountry kayak campers!
- Kayakfari in Prague on the Vltava River – Gothic paddling but my kayak is Baroque!
- The best little Piano Bar in Miami (mystery that was) !
- Kayaking a Parade of Lights (Seminole Winterfest Boat Parade).
- Kayaking, photography and riparian entertainment in springtime New Mexico!
- Winter Wonderland paddling – kayak photography at Cochiti Lake on the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
- KAYAKING DESTINATIONS + RANDOM IMAGE GALLERY
- Thematic
- Winter birthday triad on Florida Bay with the ‘Banana Boat’!
- Where in the world are the Easter Eggs of the Everglades?
- Let’s take a Ranger-led Pour of the Everglades!
- From Havana con mucho cariño – a quick trip to North Nest Key!
- Spooky paddling and filming in eerie industrial darkness on the Miami River!
- Your feet are the key to proper paddling posture and dynamic movement!
- A tribute to Rosie and all the plus sized kayaks out there – she’s a whole lotta Kayak!
- A kayaker’s tribute to the humble and versatile Sombrero!
- The super full moon camping experience at Little Rabbit Key, now with Sunspots.
- Welcoming the Fall in South Florida!
- Sweet dreams of Everglades winter skies and celestial alignments!
- The world’s longest kayaking hat!
- Partying at the Squeeze nightclub and night paddling in Ft Lauderdale!
- What’s in your hatch? Evil twisted kayak camping humor.
- Paddle Up on the Himmarshee Canal in Ft Lauderdale for art and tradition!
- South Florida’s walking coastal Mangroves – Roots Paddling, Photography and Dreadlocks!
- Paddling in the Rain, Just Paddlin’ and Campin’ in the Rain .. sing along!
- Reality Check
- You never forget your first, well kayak – from 1991 !
- All that trash – the ugly side of kayaking in Miami!
- Rip current hydraulic – a cruise ship so big that it actually drains the water out of Port Everglades inlet!
- Escorting the Betty K VIII out the Miami River and into Biscayne Bay!
- The shifting sands of time – Beach erosion and re-nourishments in Dania Beach.
- Hurricane Irma aftermath at Dania Beach and Mizell Johnson (John U Lloyd) State Park
- A short excursion into Fisheating Creek on troubled Lake Okeechobee.
- Giving Thanks for 30 years of active paddling, adventure and photography!
- Surrender to the summer HEAT!
- Summer in South Florida equals squalls, storms, thunder and lightning (sometimes)!
- Surf zone surfski upset with a clean split!
- Tech
- Accessing the space within – adding a front bulkhead hatch!
- Open deck surgery on the front kayak hatch – the ultimate upgrade!
- Feathercraft flip-up rudder rejuvenation and improvements
- DIY Surfski rudder mods and weed guard – deflector of the Sargassum!
- Putting up a shelf – creating underdeck storage space inside the kayak cockpit!
- Size matters – DIY big 10 inch tent spikes!
- Surfski center stringer repair and the Findeisen Shearwater resurrection!
- The End (of sunburn) – my total UV block solution!
- Custom SOT kayak solid foot plate for the RTM Disco!
- Fitness
- The launching of the Grey Ghost (Stellar SES Multisport surfski).
- The fine art of surfski padding for optimal paddling!
- A tale of two surfskis 20 years apart (Stellar SES vs Findeisen Shearwater).
- Disco fever kayaking in Dania Beach – Surf’s UP!
- Easter 4/20 exploratory coastal fitness paddling a K1 trainer on Florida Bay.
- K1 trainer and wing paddle test with a 27 mile day paddle on Florida Bay.
- Surfing and ocean play in a fun vintage surfski!
- Humor
- Out of the office ..
- Ghost kayaking and camping in the style of Papa Emeritus II
- Tall tales from the Everglades – Act I
- Cabin Fever – when the walls have eyes!
- Solo test paddling an ICF K2 Sprint Kayak with Kaya Kay Skellitonova.
- Of Bugs and Men, Chapter 1 – Noseeums
- Fogged out and hearing voices in the Ten Thousand Islands!
- Photo Tech
- Video
- Kayakfari ART
- ART at Liquor Still Bay – hidden history in the Everglades
- ART of a Dream – Valentine’s Everglades encounter at Shark Point.
- ART of alternative facts – the snows of winter on Florida Bay!
- ART of Cape Romano – The curious inhabitants of Australopithecine Island.
- ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars! Part I
- ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars! Part II
- ART of Darkness – Kayaking the final frontier of imaging and photography.
- ART of Darkness – the Darkest hour at Stiltsville upon Biscayne Bay!
- ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars! Part III
- ART of Dia de Muertos en los Everglades – the skeleton in my kayak!
- ART of Eclipses and other Cosmic alignments!
- ART of Halloween kayaking – a Darkness in the Everglades!
- ART of Halloween kayaking – Kaya Kay’s chickee camping holiday!
- ART of Halloween kayaking – the voyage of the departed paddler!
- ART of Primary Colors – the RGB on my CRT!
- ART of the Bay – Florida Bay Landscapes.
- ART of the Bay – Visions of Stiltsville and Biscayne Bay landscapes.
- ART of the Miami River – Perspectives of water and people on the move.
- ART of the Rio Grande – Anthropomorphic magic forms and Riparian voices.
- ART of the River – Hot Lips that kissed Miami Ships!
- Dark ART of Halloween paddling – Kaya Kay’s excellent adventure on Whiskey Creek!
- Is it ART or is it bird shit?
- More Art Projects
- On the fine ART of living in a lens Bubble!
- The Nightmare after Festivus in the Everglades!
- Photography
- Wildlife
- Events
- Everglades Invitational 2021 on the Nine Mile – Craighead Pond route!
- The 2022 Gerry Blackstone New Year’s Day Memorial Paddle around Ft Lauderdale.
- Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade 2021 – First Annual Whitney Turner Holiday Parade Paddle.
- Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade 2022 – the second Annual Whitney Turner Holiday Parade Paddle.
- The 2016 Florida Paddlers’ Rendezvous in Flamingo at the end of the road!
- Summer paddling on Fisheating Creek with the South Florida Paddlers group!
- Wilton Manors Island City Paddling loop in a K1 kayak with the South Florida Paddlers group!
- The second annual Gerry Blackstone New Year’s Day Memorial Paddle – 2020
- Paddling the Turner River in a whitewater play boat with the South Florida Paddlers group!
- Order/Purchase
- Aerial VR Panoramas
- A Kayak Aerial Photography Method – a behind (and above) the scenes look!
- Everglades and KOE Aerial VR Panoramas.
- Florida Bay & Keys Aerial VR Panoramas
- Michigan Upper Peninsula & Les Cheneaux Islands Aerial VR Panoramas
- Ten Thousand Islands & Gulf Aerial VR Panoramas
- Urban Paddling Aerial VR Panoramas
- Fun VR inside out kayak Panoramas.
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