The Time-release Dose – The serious Moonlight.

Posted by Kayakfari on March 19, 2022

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The first few minutes of a moon rise

are the most poetic!

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Under the serious Moonlight in the Ten Thousand Islands.
ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars! Part I

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The moon’s steady ascent above the horizon is clear evidence of an endless cosmic cycle. From day to night, month to month, epoch to epoch – as our little planet world moves through space and time.

Camping with the Stars means going outside to experience the night as all the wild creatures of the earth do, or as closely as modern western society humans can. It is to step away from, and to go outside the world of people. It means to look up at the vast infinity above full of billions and billions of stars and feel humbled. It means to connect with the power of the infinite and transcend our daily, busy modern lives. It also means to stay up close and connected to the rhythms of the heavens and of the earth!

Remote camping under the full moon is a beautiful

experience not easily forgotten!

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Full story at:

https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/kayakfari-art/art-of-darkness-camping-with-the-stars-part-i/

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

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The Daily Dose – Paddling in the zone on Florida Bay!

Posted by Kayakfari on January 12, 2022

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The Florida Bay Mental Health Plan.

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Focus on the moment is important!
Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay – Kayaking, Camping and Nice Dreams!

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Getting into the zone is important for enjoyable and efficient distance paddling by focusing on the moment.

The repetitive, rhythmic paddling motion really helps with that and by letting go of the past and the future allows one to be mindful of the present.

The present is kayaking in as beautiful a place as the wide open expanses of the marine wilderness of Florida Bay!

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Taking care of mind, body & soul!

Every paddle is like a new beginning and always somewhat different,

it’s the eternal freshness of a constant new beginning.

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Full story at:

https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/chickees-and-keys-in-florida-bay-kayaking-camping-and-nice-dreams/

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© 2022 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

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I hereby disclaim any sponsorship, endorsement, nor association with any product or service described herein. The photographs, depictions, products, and ideas presented on this site are for informational purposes only. Your results may vary, and I do not imply nor guarantee the effectiveness, suitability, design or operation to adhere to any standard. I assume no legal responsibility for the implementation of anything herein presented! Use any and all information at your own risk! By using any and all information from this website, you accept the final liability for any use or possible associated misuse!

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

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The Daily Dose – Wheels, paddles, a boat and the lunatics on the Grass!

Posted by Kayakfari on December 22, 2021

Posted in: 42, 420, adventure, aerial, airboat, alligator, answer 42, awakenthegrass, canoe, chekika, east everglades, everglades, everglades art, fisheye, flex maslan, florida, glades, glades skiff, gladesmen, hiking, history, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, Miccosukee, Pa-hay-Okee, paddle, pahayokee, panorama, pentax, pentax q, photography, pole aerial photography, rasta, reality check, riparian, river, river of grass, sawgrass, sea kayaker, Shark River slough, shark valley, slough, south florida, surreal art, swamp, tamiami trail, tropical, Willoughby, winter. Tagged: 1898 book, 3.14159, 360, 360 panorama, 42, 420, a wake in the grass, above the canopy, access point, Across the Everglades, aerial, airboat, alligator, altitude, awake in the grass, awaken the grass, awakenthegrass, awakenthegrass.com, backcountry, bicycle, bicycle shark valley, Big Cypress, birds eye view, black and white, breathe in the air, camping, canoe, canoe everglades, canoe trail, circular fisheye, circular panorama, cypress, cypress tree, Dark side of the Moon, David Warfel, digital029art, Dub, Dub Side of The Moon, dugout, Easy Star All-Stars, elevated, environment, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades hammock, Everglades history, everglades indian, everglades landscape, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, everglades trail, feel irie, fishing spider, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, free ranging, gator, gator hunters, glades skiff, Gladesmen, gold light, Grass, grass paddling, green, gumbo limbo, hammock, hardwood hammock, high, high up in the canopy, hiking, History, Hugh L. Willoughby, hugh willoughby, image, irie, π, jetsons, kayafari, kayak, kayak everglades, kayak photography, kayak shark valley, kayakfari, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, mangroves, miami history, Miccosukee, Mikasuki, native, native american, nature, off trail, Paddle, paddling, Pahayokee, panorama, pentax q, Photography, pink floyd, pole aerial photography, poling, Prairie, prairies, prescribed burn, reality check, River of Grass, Sawgrass, seagrape hammock, seminole, shark river, Shark River slough, shark valley, shark valley hike, shark valley tower, Slough, solution hole, South Florida, south florida kayak, swamp, the lunatics are on the grass, Tower, tram road, tree canopy, tree hammock, tropical, tropical adventure, turtle, water, water conservation area, water quality, wca, wca 3a, Willoughby Key. 2 Comments

Exploring the Slough and Sawgrass Prairies

of Shark Valley.

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Pedal and Paddle at Shark Valley: The kayak and the wheel, a symbiotic relationship.
Kayaking at Shark Valley – A visit to Seagrape Hammock, aka Willoughby Key!

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The lunatics are on the Grass,

Got to keep those loonies off the trail!

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Everglades exploration and photography in the style of the classic 1898 book “Across the Everglades“, by Hugh L. Willoughby.

This is a story of a “pedal and paddle” visit to a small tree island hammock in the Everglades “River of Grass”. We used bicycles, a trailer and a tandem SOT kayak to ride down the tram road and paddle through the grass to the island. The Shark Valley tower happens to be only a short distance from this tree island called “Seagrape Hammock” in the middle of the Shark River Slough. Hugh L. Willoughby wrote about the island in his classic 1898 book – “Across the Everglades” and dubbed it “Willoughby Key”. He kept excellent records and published the accurate coordinates in his book, so we know for a fact that it is Seagrape Hammock.

He actually liked this island so much that he camped there twice!

Why go to Seagrape Hammock? Well there’s the historical connection already mentioned that gives us a window into the Everglades of old circa 1898. At that time, the Everglades were largely still untouched and pristine. The Seminole Native Americans were still able to live a largely traditional subsistence way of life. The Everglades were clean, bountiful and unfettered. However within a generation afterwards, the irreversible system wide alterations and damage to the Everglades ecosystem would begin. So Willoughby’s descriptions are among the last of the real Everglades as they had existed for millennia prior!

I had been fascinated with this tree island ever since sighting it during a trip down the Shark River slough in 2012. But on that trip we passed close within a mile, although couldn’t take the time for the detour. On this trip we succeeded and I had plenty of time to explore and photograph the Seagrape Hammock tree island!

Geographically, Seagrape Hammock is situated roughly halfway in between the Cypress strands of Big Cypress to the west and the higher (now developed) Pineland ridge to the east.

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“Shark Valley with a Twist!”

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© 2021 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

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The maps and images on this site are not intended for navigation, I am not a guide; use any and all information at your own risk! Your mileage may vary .. so use good judgement before venturing out!

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I hereby disclaim any sponsorship, endorsement, nor association with any product or service described herein. The photographs, depictions, products, and ideas presented on this site are for informational purposes only. Your results may vary, and I do not imply nor guarantee the effectiveness, suitability, design or operation to adhere to any standard. I assume no legal responsibility for the implementation of anything herein presented! Use any and all information at your own risk! By using any and all information from this website, you accept the final liability for any use or possible associated misuse!

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

🙂

Event Horizon Drop – fantasy art from Kayakfari !

Posted by Kayakfari on April 11, 2019

Posted in: 42, 420, answer 42, Art, awakenthegrass, camping, cosmos, everglades, fisheye, flex maslan, florida, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, nasa, night, paddle, pentax, photography, psychedelic, science fiction, south florida, space, stars, surreal art. Tagged: 4-2-0, 4025, 42, 420, A Spiral Attitude, alien, alien kayak, Alien Ray Abduction, aliens, answer 42, april 10 2019, art of darkness, awakenthegrass, Beach, Big Bang Surfing, Big Cypress, Black Hole, black hole image, Blessings, brace yourself, Camp Nebula, camping, Camping with the Stars, canoe, CAPE ROMANO, Captain James T. Sprayskirt, captain's blog, captain's log, Connect the Dots, Connect the Dots Now, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, decorated reality, digital art, dreaming, elevated, elliptical galaxy M87, Event Horizon Drop, Event Horizon telescope, eventhorizontelescope.org, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, fort lauderdale kayak, four twenty, Galaxyshine, Grand Illusion, infrared, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, island, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, lights, M87, miami, moon, nasa, nice dreams, night, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panoramic, photo, Photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, rasta, resistance is futile, sandbar, Sandy Key, sci fi, science fiction, Sea Kayaker, shoal, sky, Slow motion Apocalypse, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, star trek, stardate, stars, strange attractor, sun, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tent, tropical. Leave a comment

Captain’s Blog – supplemental!

Approaching a massive Black Hole at the center of

the elliptical galaxy M87.

plus a word from

James T. Sprayskirt:

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“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Kayakfari. The continuing mission to create strange new artworks, to seek out new campsites and paddling opportunities, to boldly go where no photographer hath gone before.”

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“Event Horizon Drop” – paddling into a Black Hole.
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.
The Universe, Everglades National Park, Florida.

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Incredible image of the M87 Black Hole sourced from:

https://eventhorizontelescope.org

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DIGITAL FANTASY ART kayaking the EVERGLADES, FLORIDA BAY, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, BIG CYPRESS and further reaches of outer SPACE.

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Enjoy!

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! BLESS UP

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© 2019 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com / decoratedreality.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

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With that said..
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Grand Illusion – fantasy art from Kayakfari that reaches further into Space!

Posted by Kayakfari on March 19, 2019

Posted in: 42, 420, answer 42, Art, awakenthegrass, camping, cosmos, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, Milky Way, night, pentax, photography, psychedelic, sea kayaker, south florida, space, stars, surreal art, tropical, winter. Tagged: 4-2-0, 4025, 42, 420, A Spiral Attitude, alien, alien kayak, Alien Ray Abduction, aliens, answer 42, art of darkness, awakenthegrass, Beach, Big Bang Surfing, Big Cypress, Blessings, brace yourself, Camp Nebula, camping, Camping with the Stars, canoe, CAPE ROMANO, Captain James T. Sprayskirt, captain's blog, captain's log, Connect the Dots, Connect the Dots Now, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, decorated reality, digital art, dreaming, elevated, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, fort lauderdale kayak, four twenty, Galaxyshine, Grand Illusion, infrared, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, island, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, lights, miami, moon, nasa, nice dreams, night, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panoramic, photo, Photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, rasta, resistance is futile, sandbar, Sandy Key, sci fi, science fiction, Sea Kayaker, shoal, sky, Slow motion Apocalypse, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, star trek, stardate, stars, strange attractor, sun, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tent, tropical. Leave a comment

Captain’s Blog – Stardate 96813.62 !

Connecting the Dots of the “Grand Illusion”

in the Everglades

plus a word from Captain

James T. Sprayskirt:

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“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Kayakfari. The continuing mission to create strange new artworks, to seek out new campsites and paddling opportunities, to boldly go where no photographer hath gone before.”

( cue theme music )

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(click pic to enter gallery)

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“Grand Illusion” – Connect the Dots NOW!
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.
Everglades National Park, Florida.

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DIGITAL FANTASY ART kayaking the EVERGLADES, FLORIDA BAY, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, BIG CYPRESS and further reaches of outer SPACE.

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Enjoy!

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! BLESS UP

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© 2019 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com / decoratedreality.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

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DISCLAIMER:: The maps and images on this site are not intended for navigation, I am not a guide; use any and all information at your own risk! Your mileage may vary .. so use good judgement before venturing out!

With that said..
Blessings friends!

Visiting Chief Chekika’s not so secret island hideaway in the Everglades!

Posted by Kayakfari on August 17, 2016

Posted in: 420, aerial, airboat, awakenthegrass, big cypress, canoe, chekika, east everglades, everglades, everglades art, fisheye, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, gladesmen, history, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, miami, miami river canal, Miccosukee, native, paddle, pahayokee, panorama, pentax q, photography, river of grass, sawgrass, sea kayaker, shark valley, south florida, swamp, tamiami trail, tropical, Willoughby. Tagged: 1840, Across the Everglades, aerial, airboat, awake in the grass, awakenthegrass, awakenthegrass.com, Batfishing in the Rainforest, Big Cypress, birds eye, birds eye view, Calusa, canoe, canoe everglades, canoe trail, Chakaika, chekika, chekika island, Chekika's hammock, Chief Chakaika, chief Chekika, Chikika, circular fisheye, circular panorama, digital029art, dugout, East Everglades, EEEA, elevated, Ellis Hammock, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades hammock, Everglades history, everglades indian, everglades landscape, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photo, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, everglades trail, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, Fort Dallas, gator hunters, glades skiff, Gladesmen, Grass, grass paddling, gumbo limbo, hanging people, hanging person, hardwood hammock, Harney, History, Housman, hunting camp, Indian Key raid, irie, kayak, kayak everglades, kayak shark valley, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, L-67, landscape, Lt. Col. William S. Harney, mahogany, miami, miami history, Miccosukee, Mikasuki, native, native american, off trail, Paddle, Pahayokee, panorama, panoramic, pentax q, photo, Photography, pixels, pole aerial photography, poling, Prairie, Randy Wayne White, River of Grass, safety flag, Sawgrass, seagrape hammock, seminole, Seminole War, shark river, Shark River slough, shark valley, Slough, south florida history, Spanish Indians, squat camp, swamp, tamiami trail, tree canopy, tree hammock, tree island, Valuejet memorial, whitewater bay, Yatcasaski. Leave a comment

Contemporary Everglades exploration series:

“Chekika Island”

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Dude, where’s my kayak?

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The tallest trees on Chekika Island are the many fine Mahogany specimens.

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Sawgrass is sharp as a razor when it rubs you the wrong way! 😉

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A nearly forgotten place,

yet an important piece of Florida history!

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https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/chief-chekikas-not-so-secret-island-hideaway-in-the-everglades/

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Enjoy!

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! Bless UP – Stronger

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© 2016 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com / decoratedreality.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

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DISCLAIMER:: The maps and images on this site are not intended for navigation, I am not a guide; use any and all information at your own risk! Your mileage may vary .. so use good judgement before venturing out!

With that said..
Blessings friends!

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Panoramas from Chief Chekika’s Island aka ‘Hanging People’

Posted by Kayakfari on August 9, 2016

Posted in: 420, aerial, airboat, alligator, answer 42, awakenthegrass, canoe, chekika, east everglades, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, gladesmen, history, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, miami, Miccosukee, native, paddle, pahayokee, panorama, pentax q, photography, river of grass, sawgrass, shark valley, slough, south florida, swamp, tamiami trail, tropical, Willoughby. Tagged: 1840, Across the Everglades, aerial, airboat, awake in the grass, awakenthegrass, awakenthegrass.com, Batfishing in the Rainforest, Big Cypress, birds eye, birds eye view, Calusa, canoe, canoe everglades, canoe trail, Chakaika, chekika, chekika island, Chekika's hammock, Chief Chakaika, chief Chekika, circular fisheye, circular panorama, digital029art, dugout, East Everglades, EEEA, elevated, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades hammock, Everglades history, everglades indian, everglades landscape, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photo, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, everglades trail, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, Fort Dallas, gator hunters, glades skiff, Gladesmen, Grass, grass paddling, gumbo limbo, hanging people, hanging person, hardwood hammock, Harney, History, Housman, Indian Key raid, irie, kayak, kayak everglades, kayak shark valley, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, L-67, landscape, Lt. Col. William S. Harney, mahogany, miami, miami history, Miccosukee, Mikasuki, native, native american, off trail, Paddle, Pahayokee, panorama, panoramic, pentax q, photo, Photography, pixels, pole aerial photography, poling, Prairie, Randy Wayne White, River of Grass, Sawgrass, seagrape hammock, seminole, Seminole War, shark river, Shark River slough, shark valley, Slough, south florida history, Spanish Indians, swamp, tamiami trail, tree canopy, tree hammock, tree island, Valuejet memorial, whitewater bay, Yatcasaski. Leave a comment

Panoramic previews of a visit to

Chief Chekika’s Island hideout in the Everglades.

A nearly forgotten place,

yet an important piece of Florida history!

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Chekika Island one mile away from the L-67 levee south of Tamiami Trail.
FWC chopper on patrol!
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Dragonfly aerial view of Chekika Island hammock in the Everglades.
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Final approach to Chekika Island!
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Gorgeous lush and wet pond-trench along the perimeter of the higher interior of Chekika Island.
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Dry interior “clearing” on Chekika Island with mostly Mahogany and some Gumbo-limbo trees.
Note the old scientific equipment!
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Near the southern end of the dry interior of Chekika Island.
Is this where the camp once stood?
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Visiting Chief Chekika’s island hideaway in the Everglades!

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Where in the world is Chekika Island? What’s the big deal?

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Why is it important?

Click for full story:

Chief Chekika’s not so secret island hideaway in the Everglades!

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https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/chief-chekikas-not-so-secret-island-hideaway-in-the-everglades/

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More panoramas at:

https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/360-vr-panoramas/

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! Bless UP

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© 2016 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com / decoratedreality.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

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DISCLAIMER:: The maps and images on this site are not intended for navigation, I am not a guide; use any and all information at your own risk! Your mileage may vary .. so use good judgement before venturing out!

With that said..
Blessings friends!

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Strange Attractor – fantasy art from Kayakfari that reaches further into Space!

Posted by Kayakfari on June 6, 2016

Posted in: 420, alien, answer 42, Art, awakenthegrass, beach, decorated reality, everglades, everglades art, first national bank, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, miami, nasa, night, paddle, pentax, photography, psychedelic, science fiction, sea kayaker, south florida, space, stars, surreal art, ten thousand islands, tropical. Tagged: 10000 islands, 4-2-0, 4025, 42, 420, A Spiral Attitude, alien, alien kayak, Alien Ray Abduction, aliens, answer 42, art of darkness, awakenthegrass, Beach, Big Bang Surfing, Big Cypress, Blessings, brace yourself, Camp Nebula, camping, Camping with the Stars, canoe, CAPE ROMANO, Captain James T. Sprayskirt, captain's blog, captain's log, carl ross key, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, decorated reality, digital art, dreaming, elevated, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, fort lauderdale kayak, four twenty, Galaxyshine, infrared, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, island, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, lights, miami, moon, nasa, nice dreams, night, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panoramic, photo, Photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, rasta, resistance is futile, sandbar, Sandy Key, sci fi, science fiction, Sea Kayaker, shoal, sky, Slow motion Apocalypse, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, star trek, stardate, stars, strange attractor, sun, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tent, tropical. Leave a comment

Captain’s Blog – Stardate 94033.85 !

Witness a “Strange Attractor” at Carl Ross Key

plus a word from Captain

James T. Sprayskirt:

“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Kayakfari. The continuing mission to create strange new artworks, to seek out new campsites and paddling opportunities, to boldly go where no photographer has gone before.”

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“Strange Attractor”
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.
Carl Ross Key, Florida Bay, Everglades National Park.
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DIGITAL FANTASY ART kayaking the EVERGLADES, FLORIDA BAY, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, BIG CYPRESS and further reaches of outer SPACE.

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ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars!

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ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars!

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Enjoy!

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! BLESS UP

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© 2016 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com / decoratedreality.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

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DISCLAIMER:: The maps and images on this site are not intended for navigation, I am not a guide; use any and all information at your own risk! Your mileage may vary .. so use good judgement before venturing out!

With that said..
Blessings friends!

Shark Valley with a Twist! (On the Grass with wheels, bicycles and paddles)

Posted by Kayakfari on February 18, 2016

Posted in: 420, aerial, airboat, answer 42, Art, awakenthegrass, big cypress, canoe, east everglades, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, gladesmen, hiking, history, humor, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, miami, Miccosukee, paddle, pahayokee, panorama, pentax, photography, river of grass, sawgrass, sea kayaker, shark valley, slough, south florida, sun, swamp, ten thousand islands, tree, tropical, Willoughby, winter. Tagged: 1898 book, 3.14, 3.14 Mpix, 3.14159, 360, 360 panorama, above the canopy, Across the Everglades, aerial, airboat, awake in the grass, awakenthegrass, awakenthegrass.com, ∏, bicycle, bicycle shark valley, Big Cypress, birds eye, birds eye view, breathe in the air, camping, canoe, canoe everglades, canoe trail, circular fisheye, circular panorama, cypress, cypress hill, cypress tree, Dark side of the Moon, David W, David Warfel, digital art, digital029art, Dub, Dub Side of The Moon, dugout, Easy Star All-Stars, elevated, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades hammock, Everglades history, everglades indian, everglades landscape, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photo, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, everglades trail, feel irie, fire on high, fishing spider, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, free ranging, gator hunters, glades skiff, Gladesmen, Grass, grass paddling, gumbo limbo, hardwood hammock, high, high up in the canopy, History, Hugh L. Willoughby, hugh willoughby, irie, π, jetsons, kayak, kayak everglades, kayak shark valley, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, mangroves, megapixel, miami, miami history, Miccosukee, Mikasuki, native, native american, off trail, Paddle, Pahayokee, panorama, panoramic, pentax q, photo, Photography, Pi, pi full of pixels, Pi number, pie, pink floyd, pixels, pole aerial photography, poling, Prairie, prescribed burn, River of Grass, Sawgrass, seagrape hammock, self portrait, selfie, seminole, Shark River slough, shark valley, shark valley hike, shark valley tower, Slough, spin around, swamp, the lunatics are on the grass, tree canopy, tree hammock, turtle, ultimate selfie, water conservation area, wca, wca 3a, Willoughby Key. Leave a comment

Video account of a short adventure that took all day.

Kayaking to Seagrape Hammock, aka Willoughby Key in the Everglades!

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“Shark Valley with a Twist!”

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Read full story here:

Kayaking at Shark Valley – A visit to Seagrape Hammock, aka Willoughby Key!

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Experimental Everglades exploration and photography in the style of the 1898 classic book “Across the Everglades“, by Hugh L. Willoughby.

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Special thanks to David Warfel for collaborating and creating this entertaining video!

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Enjoy!

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© 2016 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

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! BLESS – Breathe in the Air

Kayakfari Fantasy Art that reaches further into Space!

Posted by Kayakfari on November 25, 2015

Posted in: 420, answer 42, Art, awakenthegrass, beach, camping, canoe, cape romano, decorated reality, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, holidays, humor, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, miami, Milky Way, moonlight, nasa, night, paddle, photography, psychedelic, science fiction, sea kayaker, south florida, space, star trek, stars, surreal art, ten thousand islands, tropical. Tagged: 10000 islands, 2001, 2001 space odyssey, 360, 360 panorama, 4-2-0, 4025, 42, 420, A Spiral Attitude, aerial 360, aerial pole photography, alien, alien kayak, Alien Ray Abduction, aliens, answer 42, art of darkness, awakenthegrass, Beach, Big Bang Surfing, big bang theory, Big Cypress, Blessings, brace yourself, Camp Nebula, camping, Camping with the Stars, canoe, CAPE ROMANO, Captain James T. Sprayskirt, captain's blog, captain's log, circular fisheye, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, day and night, decorated reality, digital art, dreaming, elevated, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, fisheye, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, fort lauderdale kayak, four twenty, full moon, funny, Galaxyshine, Holidays, humor, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, island, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak lights, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, kayaking meetup, keys, landscape, lights, miami, moon, moonlight, nasa, nice dreams, night, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panoramic, pap, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, rasta, remix, resistance is futile, roll, rolling, sandbar, sci fi, science fiction, Sea Kayaker, shoal, sky, Slow motion Apocalypse, South Florida, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, spherical, spherical panorama, spin around, star trek, stardate, stars, sun, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tent, tropical, whole sky, whole sky panorama, you sure you wanna be free. Leave a comment

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Captain’s blog – supplemental. Stardate 69365.4 !

Nice dreams at Cape Romano and a word from Captain

James T. Sprayskirt:

“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Kayakfari. The continuing mission to create strange new artworks, to seek out new campsites and paddling opportunities, to boldly go where no photographer has gone before.”

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(click pic to enter gallery)

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“Nice dreams in the Ten Thousand Islands”
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.
Cape Romano, Florida.

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DIGITAL FANTASY ART kayaking the EVERGLADES, FLORIDA BAY, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, BIG CYPRESS and further reaches of SPACE.

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ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars!

ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars!

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Enjoy!

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! BLESSED DREAMS

Johnson Key Chickee camping platform in Florida Bay – an outback condominium!

Posted by Kayakfari on August 4, 2015

Posted in: 420, aerial, alien, Art, awakenthegrass, camping, canoe, chickees, cooking, everglades, everglades art, first national bank, fishing, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, Florida Keys, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, miami, moonlight, night, paddle, panorama, pentax, photography, sea kayaker, south florida, tropical. Tagged: 180, 360, 42, 420, across florida bay, adventure, aerial, aerial kayak, aerial photo, art, awakenthegrass, back country, banks, Beach, beer, birds, Blessings, blue sky, Bradley Key, Calusa, Camp, camping, camping florida bay, camping islands, camping platform in Florida Bay, Camping with the Stars, canoe, cape sable, carl ross key, Cheers, chickee, chickee camping, chickee life, chickee life camping, chickee platform, chickees, Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay, circular fisheye, circular panorama, Clubhouse Beach, cluett key, cormorant, digital art, digital029art, dild, dildo key, dildo key bank, east cape, een, elevated, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photographer, exploration, exploring everglades, exploring florida bay, extra pale ale 420, fantasy art, feel irie, final issue, first national bank, fisheye, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, fishing florida bay, fitness, flamingo, flats, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, florida bay forever, florida bay kayak, florida bay photography, fort lauderdale kayak, full moon, galaxy, good food, Grass, grass beds, Greenland stick, gulf, gulf of mexico, heron, Higher Consciousness, Higher State of Consciousness, irie, johnson key, Johnson Key Chickee, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak miami, kayak miami flamingo, kayak photography, kayak touring, kayakfari, kayakfari art, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, key largo, keys, lagoon, landscape, landscape photography, last issue, little rabbit key, long key, low tide, mental health, mental health plan, milky way, moonlight, Mound, mud, mud flats, national park, Nest Key, nest keys, night, North Nest Key, open water, open water magazine, orion, outback, overseas highway, oyster keys, Paddle, paddle florida bay, paddling, Paddling Florida Bay, panorama, panoramic, pap, pentax, pentax fisheye, photo, Photography, platform, pole aerial photography, Prairie, rabbit key bank, rasta, rastafari, ray, remote, riding high, Sandy Key, Sea Kayaker, Sea Kayaker magazine, seagull, self portrait, selfie, shark point, Shark Point Chickee, Short Key, SK, south florida kayak, stars, sunset, SURREAL ART, terns, the cape, travel, turtle, turtle grass. Leave a comment

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Camping on the Johnson Key platform in Florida Bay!

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An outback open water condominium six miles from ordinary!

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Happy face aerial 360 x 180 view of the Johnson Key chickee.

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Flex Maslan kayakfari Florida Bay johnson key chickee Kayak Everglades Camp mud flats low tide turtle grass Keys photo fisheye

Hatching the plans to take over the world, or at least this chickee!

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They’re all here .. First Contact!
Alien visitors about to make first contact on the Johnson Key chickee!

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Kayaking, camping and nice dreams!

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Selected images available from Kayakfari ART Photography!

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Happy Paddling – Enjoy!

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! BLESS

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© 2015 Flex Maslan / kayakfari.com / awakenthegrass.com. All original photographs, artworks and music in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Flex Maslan, unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.

All rights reserved!

…

DISCLAIMER:: The maps and images on this site are not intended for navigation, I am not a guide; use any and all information at your own risk! Your mileage may vary .. so use good judgement before venturing out!

With that said..
Blessings friends!

🙂