The Time-release Dose – “Watch out for them airboaters, they’re all drunks!”

Posted by Kayakfari on February 2, 2022

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That’s what the good natured airboat operator

quipped as he pulled into the hammock camp.

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Miami adventurer Leah stands up in her sea kayak and surveys the sea of grass.
Grass Paddling in the East Everglades Expansion Area – History, Gladesmen & more Grass!

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The airboater was quite surprised to see a bunch of canoeists and kayakers already there at the dock, including (then) Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball!

Out on this sea of grass, it’s important to be able to stand up and see over all the tall grass! This is easy in a canoe, but much harder in a narrow sea kayak. Fortunately, the shallow depth and extensive vegetation cradle the hull and make this easier. Using the paddle as a support pole also helps.

The biggest challenge to paddling a long sea kayak in the grass is that you have to pick your line exactly and stick with it! The long kayak acts a lot like a knife blade – easy to push through the vegetation, but nearly impossible to turn sideways from a dead stop. It really helps to keep constantly moving, and you need to edge the boat because the rudder or rudder strokes are useless and unworkable in the grass. The few times I got off track I had to back up like a semi truck (beep beep .. beep beep) and start my line up again!

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Full story at:

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Revised and updated for your reading pleasure!

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The Daily Dose – You can get there from here!

Posted by Kayakfari on December 9, 2021

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Connecting streams of the Everglades:

River – Slough – River!

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My mud salvation in the Everglades.
The Lost Portage – connecting streams in the Everglades!

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The term “Lost Portage” is used to describe an

inland connection between two streams originating

from the the Shark River Slough aka the “River of Grass”.

The reason for going through this Lost Portage is to go directly between two of the most remote Everglades backcountry campsites – Canepatch and Camp Lonesome. Any paddler considering camping at these sites would think it obvious that there should be a direct inland connection between them, but officially there is not! So the typical Wilderness Waterway paddler is directed to either head out into the Gulf, or go through a mangrove creek called the “Nightmare”. Either option means a long paddle out and then back in, closer to the interior. A direct connection is much shorter though probably more challenging!

Before they become actual rivers of the Everglades:

connecting the Broad River and the Harney – Shark Rivers.

Due to the distances involved, logistics and time constraints during the winter Holiday break, I laid out a 4 day and 3 night weather balloon shaped route. It was the only realistic way to run this trip, as neither me nor my paddling partner were willing to take off a whole week.

This fairly ambitious schedule would have us close the gap in the

shortest amount of time with some long daily paddling miles!

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Full story:

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

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The Daily Dose – Paddling down the River of Grass in the heart of the Everglades.

Posted by Kayakfari on November 23, 2021

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Adventures on the endless

“River of Grass”!

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Paddling down “Main Street” in the middle of Shark River Slough in the Everglades.
Kayaking the River of Grass – a Shark River Slough Expedition.

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Out here, you hear EVERYTHING! There is silence here, but more often than not, we would hear distant rumbles and the sounds of machines. Airboats from the “Everglades Ecotours” tourist rides just east and north of the park, the buzz of many small and private planes flying and training overhead .. airliners on final approach to MIA. The Shark River Slough feels remote, but is not nearly as quiet as the Taylor Slough.

Paddling in this upper section of the Park is true grass paddling, a seemingly endless realm of water and grass punctuated only by tree hammocks of various sizes. Many of the larger ones were used in the past by native Indian tribes, and later by Gladesmen as hunting camps, etc. On our route we came within just a few miles SE of the Shark Valley tower, and we could see it’s distinct shape in the distance.

On the critical section where we would come to intersect what is called “Main Street”, which is a well defined airboat trail that runs down the middle of the slough.

This trail would takes us all the way into Bottle Creek on the southern edge of the slough!

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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 – The Cane patch rest stop on the “superhighway” of the Everglades.

Posted by Kayakfari on November 11, 2021

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A a large clearing with a small dock

deep in the Everglades.

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Good morning sunshine, the air is sweet at the Cane Patch!
Canepatch camp site deep in the Everglades – a former Indian Mound (Avocado Mound).

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Canepatch is far away from everywhere,

but as they say – location is everything.

The Cane Patch is a large clearing with a small dock maintained by the Park Service as an official campsite. Formerly known as “Avocado Mound”, it was cultivated and occupied by native peoples for hundreds of years at least, perhaps thousands. It’s location along the transition between the salty coastal mangrove forests and freshwater slough (The River of Grass) of the Everglades would be akin to a rest stop on a superhighway today. High, dry ground can be scarce to find in this region, and this site was cleared and built up as a mound by native people who also cultivated some crops. It was one of several in a network of mounds that natives built up, maintained and seasonally lived on. Certainly right up to the establishment of Everglades National Park itself there were people living and farming at Cane Patch, with the name itself giving away at least one of the crops commonly grown by cracker settlers in the Everglades!

Evidence of cultivation can still be readily seen in the vegetation which is like a small botanical garden!

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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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Federal Law Forbids Sale or Re-use of This Bottle!

Posted by Kayakfari on April 1, 2020

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I found a liquor flask in the Everglades

so I drank it!

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“Federal Law Forbids Sale or Re-use of this Bottle”
Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades!

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April Fools’!

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OK, so it was empty, but a cool find none the less!

This is actually the second one that I have found, this time along the shores of Florida Bay.

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“FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE”

The embossed text on the bottle/flask pertains to a Federal law that went into effect in 1935 and was on the books until 1964.

The law was intended to prevent illegal distillers from refilling legitimate bottles with their moonshine!

So this is a vintage bottle from the post-Prohibition era.

Whether or not it was part of a clandestine moonshine operation or just somebody’s personal refuse we shall never know. But there were many moonshine operations in the Everglades for decades!!

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Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades!

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Real liquor still site hidden deep in the Everglades’ 10000 Islands:

ART at Liquor Still Bay – hidden history in the Everglades

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Crossing paths of Gladesmen, Gator hunters, Outlaws & Moonshiners: An invitation to paddling forgotten trails of the Everglades!

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Grass Paddling in the East Everglades Expansion Area – History, Gladesmen & more Grass!

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“You want blood?”

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Be well friends!!

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Bless UP!

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This is a work of fiction. All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. No skeleton, no barbie, nor person, nor kayak was harmed in the making of this work. The author is sorely responsible for the contents of this work!

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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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Post-Irma paddling in the Everglades on the “Pa-Hay-Okee” and a surprise find!

Posted by Kayakfari on November 7, 2017

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High water paddling and poling the interior Everglades prairies on the

“Pa-Hay-Okee”!

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Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades!

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On the “Pa-Hay-Okee”.
Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades!

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Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades!

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Paddling and exploring South Florida’s wilderness – the sloughs of the Everglades!

Posted by Kayakfari on March 16, 2017

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Adventures on the endless “River of Grass”:

The Everglades’ sloughs!

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Exploring the sloughs of the Everglades – satellite view!

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Taylor Slough:

Running down the Taylor Slough!

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Halloween on the Taylor Slough!

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Craighead Pond Canoe Trail connector to Taylor Slough.

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East Everglades:

Grass Paddling in the East Everglades Expansion Area – History, Gladesmen & more Grass!

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Grass paddling and poling in the Everglades Water Conservation Areas.

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

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Paddling under the Everglades Skyway – the one-mile Tamiami Trail bridge over Shark River slough.

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Shark River Slough:

Kayaking the River of Grass – a Shark River Slough Expedition!

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The Lost Portage – connecting streams in the Everglades!

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Pahayokee to Main Street – probing into the Shark River Slough!

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

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Blessings friends!

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Adventures in mud on the Lost Portage of the Everglades!

Posted by Kayakfari on January 12, 2017

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Connecting streams of the Everglades:

River – Slough – River!

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The Lost Portage – connecting streams in the Everglades!

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The Lost Portage – connecting streams in the Everglades!

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The Lost Portage – connecting streams in the Everglades!

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

That’s what the good natured airboat operator

quipped as he pulled into the hammock camp.

The airboater was quite surprised to see a bunch of canoeists and kayakers already there at the dock, including (then) Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball!

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Connecting streams of the Everglades:

River – Slough – River!

The term “Lost Portage” is used to describe an

inland connection between two streams originating

from the the Shark River Slough aka the “River of Grass”.

Before they become actual rivers of the Everglades:

connecting the Broad River and the Harney – Shark Rivers.

This fairly ambitious schedule would have us close the gap in the

shortest amount of time with some long daily paddling miles!

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Adventures on the endless

“River of Grass”!

This trail would takes us all the way into Bottle Creek on the southern edge of the slough!

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A a large clearing with a small dock

deep in the Everglades.

Canepatch is far away from everywhere,

but as they say – location is everything.

Evidence of cultivation can still be readily seen in the vegetation which is like a small botanical garden!

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I found a liquor flask in the Everglades

so I drank it!

April Fools’!

OK, so it was empty, but a cool find none the less!

This is actually the second one that I have found, this time along the shores of Florida Bay.

So this is a vintage bottle from the post-Prohibition era.

Be well friends!!

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High water paddling and poling the interior Everglades prairies on the

“Pa-Hay-Okee”!

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Adventures on the endless “River of Grass”:

The Everglades’ sloughs!

Taylor Slough:

East Everglades:

Shark River Slough:

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Connecting streams of the Everglades:

River – Slough – River!

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