Places and Kayaks i have Known and Loved:
A 30 Year
Paddling – Photo Love Story
( 1991 – 2021 )
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In the year 2021, I am Thankful for 30 years of actively paddling in special places.
Paddling has been good to me and has kept me in shape –
physically and mentally and spiritually! 🙂
My Photography has been there all along with me –
serving to document, interpret and to entertain.
I trust my site may also educate and inspire others to break out of the
concrete sub-urban jungle of South Florida!
“What a long, strange Trip it’s been!”
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(Each image opens up a relevant story)
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In the beginning I was bare, like Tarzan.
You never forget your first, well kayak – from 1991 !
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Paddling my first real kayak – the Seda Glider in West Lake Park, Hollywood, Florida – November 1992.
Winter birthday triad on Florida Bay with the ‘Banana Boat’!
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Pompano Beach, Florida, circa 1993.
A kayaker’s tribute to the humble and versatile Sombrero!
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Viva las Fiestas! 🙂
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Four wheeling in Utah with boats and boards, circa 1995.
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Paddling on Lost Lake, Oregon, with Greenland stick and Mt. Hood in 1995.
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Paddling on the Alpine lakes of Switzerland at Interlaken on an early RTM Disco kayak!
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Ice breaking at Cochiti Lake, New Mexico, circa 2004 in my Necky Dolphin.
Paddling in a Winter Wonderland – kayak ice breaking on the Rio Grande!
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“The roots on my head” – Kayaking on the Rio Grande in New Mexico with the Necky Dolphin.
South Florida’s walking coastal Mangroves – Roots Paddling, Photography and Dreadlocks!
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Paddling is affordable health care for
mind, body & soul!
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Altitude adjustment – quality time on Biscayne Bay!
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Taking a break at Norris Cut, Miami, circa 2009.
Kayak Miami: Stiltsville Village upon Biscayne Bay!
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“How is my driving?”, snorkeling off Key Biscayne, Florida with “Rosie” in 2010.
A tribute to Rosie and all the plus sized kayaks out there – she’s a whole lotta Kayak!
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“I like people who know how to wear their boats!”
Paddling is a life long sport and really helps to stay in shape – physically and mentally! 🙂
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Kayaking in north Biscayne Bay, Florida to an abandoned grand piano.
The best little Piano Bar in Miami (mystery that was) !
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Kayaking under the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic in 2011.
Kayakfari in Prague on the Vltava River – Gothic paddling but my kayak is Baroque!
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On Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, summer 2013.
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Paddling the Ft Lauderdale Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade, circa 1997.
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Decorations may change, but the Sombrero, boat and Greenland stick remain the same. 😉
Kayaking the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2011 from the South Florida Kayak Meetup crew!
Kayaking a Parade of Lights (Seminole Winterfest Boat Parade).
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Camp Kayakfari on the Shark River Slough in 2012.
Kayaking the River of Grass – a Shark River Slough Expedition!
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Camping in Hell at Pavilion Key, Ten Thousand Islands, 2013.
Camping Hell in the Ten Thousand Islands!
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Kayak Miami: Full moon paddling on the historic Miami River.
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Kayaking at Shark Valley with the “Pea Pod” in 2014.
Kayaking at Shark Valley – A visit to Seagrape Hammock, aka Willoughby Key!
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Slough slogging in the Everglades through a thick pea soup, circa early 1990’s!
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Getting above it all with “Rosie” and pole.
A Kayak Aerial Photography Method – a behind (and above) the scenes look!
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Contemporary Everglades exploration series: “Chekika Island”.
Chief Chekika’s not so secret island hideaway in the Everglades!
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Rain showers on the prairies of the Shark River slough.
Pahayokee to Main Street – probing into the Shark River Slough!
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On CLOUD9 in the Everglades.
Crossing paths of Gladesmen, Gator hunters, Outlaws & Moonshiners: An invitation to paddling forgotten trails of the Everglades!
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Giving Praise after crossing tough stretch on the Lost Portage deep in the Everglades, 2016!
The Lost Portage – connecting streams of the Everglades!
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Testifying in the lower Keys, summer of 2015.
Higher ground in the Lower Keys and Faith in Numbers!
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Paddling never gets old!
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Easter 4/20 exploratory coastal fitness paddling a K1 trainer on Florida Bay.
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The Florida Bay “Mental Health Plan” is affordable health care for mind, body & soul. 🙂
Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay – Kayaking, Camping and Nice Dreams!
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Fowey Rocks lighthouse – Paddling out to “The eye of Miami”.
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“Don’t Panic – it’s Organic!” with the “Mojito”.
Kayaking to Alligator Light Reef (lighthouse) .. of Fishes, Wreckers, Pirates and Keys History!
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Beach camping on the Cape in Everglades National Park, circa 2011.
Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay – Kayaking, Camping and Nice Dreams!
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Paddling for Jesus in the Florida Keys dive country.
Kayaking to Dry Rocks Reef – a Pilgrimage to find the “Christ of the Abyss” off Key Largo!
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Kayaking the Biscayne Bay triangle: Cape Florida – Fowey Rocks – Soldier Key!
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Offshore Paddling: The six historic Florida Keys lighthouses.
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All aboard the Pea Pod! 🙂
Paddling on Whiskey Creek at Mizell-Johnson (John U Lloyd) State Park in Dania Beach.
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Welcoming the Fall in South Florida with “ONE WAY”!
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“Conch Lives Matter!” with the “GREY GHOST”.
Hurricane Irma aftermath at Dania Beach and Mizell Johnson (John U Lloyd) State Park!
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Boca Raton Surfski – K1 – SUP workout loop with short portage.
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Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades with the “Pa-Hay-Okee”!
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It’s been quite the ride!
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! BLESS UP – feeling Thankful! Sea trials of the “Pa-Hay-Okee”.
Hurricane Irma impacts on the Johnson Key Chickee in Florida Bay.
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30 year Kayakversary!
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Every paddle is like a new beginning and always different. 🙂
“Champagne Dawn” – ART of the Bay – Florida Bay Landscapes!
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Paddling is a lifetime sport,
so here’s to another 30 years of
“Fitness, Adventure and Art on the High Seas”!
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Cheers!
Salud! Na zdraví!
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! BLESS UP & TESTIFY
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With that said..
Blessings friends!
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