The Time-release Dose – Happy Birthday to Sand Key lighthouse, July 20, 1853!

Posted by Kayakfari on July 20, 2022

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One hundred and

sixty-nine years young.

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Mango and I at the Sand Key Lighthouse which was first lit on July 20, 1853.
Sand Key Lighthouse – kayaking to the “southern star” of the offshore Keys reef lights!

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This is the only offshore Keys reef lighthouse that

I was able to stand under on dry ground.

Nothing quenches thirst quite like a home grown mango!

The Sand Key lighthouse was the second of the six Florida Keys offshore reef lights to be constructed during the second half of the 19th century. It was also the second lighthouse erected on Sand Key, replacing a previous brick structure which was completely swept away during a fierce hurricane in 1846. On July 20, 1853 the light was lit for the first time and projected with a first-order Fresnel lens manufactured by Henry-Lepaute of Paris, France. This was the first application of such a lens on a Florida lighthouse and it remained in place in the lantern room until 1967!

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The history of the two Sand Key lighthouses

( PDF reprinted from The Keeper’s Log — Summer 2003 www.uslhs.org )

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This skeletal iron tower once stood on a sizable island of actual dry sandy ground. However later hurricanes would wash away much of the sand above water as early as 1856. This resilient lighthouse still stands, but currently Sand Key is just a small sporadically roving sandy shoal which appears and disappears with the years and seasons.

Paddling into lower Keys nautical history

off Key West.

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Happy Birthday Sand Key Lighthouse!

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The Time-release Dose – July 16, 1899, a picnic at Sand Key lighthouse off Key West.

Posted by Kayakfari on July 16, 2022

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That one time I brought my home grown mango

to a watermelon picnic on July 16,

but over 120 years late.

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A watermelon picnic under the Sand Key Lighthouse on July 16, 1899.
Sand Key Lighthouse – kayaking to the “southern star” of the offshore Keys reef lights!

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By coincidence, my mango fiesta privada at Sand Key

was on the same date, thus continuing the picnic.

The Sand Key lighthouse was the second of the six Florida Keys offshore reef lights to be constructed during the second half of the 19th century. It was also the second lighthouse erected on Sand Key, replacing a previous brick structure which was completely swept away during a fierce hurricane in 1846. This skeletal iron tower once stood on a sizable island of actual dry sandy ground. However later hurricanes would wash away much of the sand above water as early as 1856. This resilient lighthouse still stands, but currently Sand Key is just a small sporadically roving sandy shoal which appears and disappears with the years and seasons.

From time to time, sand can build back up around the lighthouse shoal large enough to support additional structures and buildings. While the sand lasted in would attract people to visit and also large number of animals, particularly birds. It’s been written that thousands of terns once congregated on the Sand Key shoal to nest. Due to the close proximity to Key West and the many visitors, the Tern eggs were gathered en masse for food. Even the lighthouse keepers would get in on it and gather bucket loads full to give away. By the turn of the 20th century, the takings were so great that out of over ten thousand birds nesting, only a few hundred were actually left to hatch. It was also during this time that many birds were being slaughtered in huge numbers in an orgy of greed, sometimes wiping out entire rookeries in an afternoon. This decimated water bird populations on the islands, particularly in Florida Bay and the Everglades.

This is the only offshore Keys reef lighthouse where

I was able to stand under it on (mostly) dry ground.

Outrage over wholesale slaughter of shorebirds by the millions prompted the earliest conservation efforts with the passage of laws to curtail the millinery trade. In fact, in 1905, Guy Bradley was hired to serve as the first Audubon game warden. In 1905 he was shot and killed by bird poachers in Florida Bay, just outside of Flamingo. The same year the National Audubon Society was founded. Today the Tropical Audubon Society continues locally to advocate for conservation, education and preservation of our wetlands and wildlife. On Sand Key itself, the keepers would eventually become wardens themselves and secure the Tern nests on the island. However hurricanes have always blown away everything else save for the lighthouse itself!

Kayaking through South Florida

nautical history from Key West!

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Full story at:

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

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The Time-release Dose – Boca Chita Key and lighthouse on Biscayne Bay.

Posted by Kayakfari on March 31, 2022

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In many ways Boca Chita Key remains to this day like a

“Fantasy Island”.

Whereas in the past it was private playground for the

rich and famous, today anyone can visit this island.

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In front of Boca Chita lighthouse aboard “REDRUM”, my Nigel Foster Silhouette.
Boca Chita – kayaking to a Fantasy Island on Biscayne Bay!

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Black Point to Boca Chita Key:

Twenty one miles of open water paddling on Biscayne Bay!

Most visitors come by powerboat. a few by a tour boat and fewer still by kayak. This is because it’s a 10 mile open water paddle across Biscayne Bay to get there!

This is a kind of semi urban paddling, where you can get away from the city and yet always see the Miami area skyline on the horizon.

Once out there on the barrier islands of Biscayne National Park,

you are truly on island time!

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Full story at:

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

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The Time-release Dose – Visiting the historic Sand Key lighthouse where the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico mingle.

Posted by Kayakfari on February 17, 2022

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This story combines offshore open water paddling,

snorkeling and lots of photography

with interesting bits of

South Florida nautical history.

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Sand Key lighthouse marks a reef tract responsible for many wrecks over the centuries.
Sand Key Lighthouse – kayaking to the “southern star” of the offshore Keys reef lights!

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Kayaking into lower Keys

nautical history from Key West!

The Sand Key lighthouse was the second of the six Florida Keys offshore reef lights to be constructed during the second half of the 19th century. It was also the second lighthouse erected on Sand Key, replacing a previous brick structure which was completely swept away during a fierce hurricane in 1846. This skeletal iron tower once stood on a sizable island of actual dry sandy ground. However later hurricanes would wash away much of the sand above water as early as 1856. This resilient lighthouse still stands, but Sand Key is now just a small sporadically roving sandy shoal which appears and disappears with the seasons.

This is the only one of the offshore Keys lighthouses where

I was able to stand underneath it on (mostly) dry ground.

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My timing was fortunate that I had just enough land

to pull my surfski ‘ONEWAY’ onto!

ONEWAY is my resurrected Shearwater surfski.

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Full story at:

https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/random-gallery-2/florida-south-florida/florida-bay-keys/sand-key-lighthouse-kayaking-to-the-southern-star-of-the-offshore-keys-reef-lights/

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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.

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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!

🙂

The Daily Dose – Test paddling my new wing paddle with a 27 mile Florida Bay day trip.

Posted by Kayakfari on January 19, 2022

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On this trip, I wanted to paddle a good 27 miles with

my new blade for a thorough testing!

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Paddling RGB with my new Orka Super Flex wing paddle in the late afternoon sun.
K1 trainer and wing paddle test with a 27 mile day paddle on Florida Bay.

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My new wing paddle proved to be a great paddling tool,

but the trip was a real pain in the arse.

So I decided to do another extended day trip on Florida Bay. As with most of my own trips there is always an “experimental” factor involved, whether it be new paddling or camping gear, photographic lens, etc. On this trip the experiment as it were would be a brand new wing paddle I acquired – an Orka paddles “Super Flex” model. This is a tear drop wing paddle loosely grouped in the so called “Gamma” shape, after a famous paddle design from Jantex. It’s a nicely finished paddle, feels stout and slightly heavier than Jantex or Brača – but also half the price!

What attracted me to this blade is the versatility of the design. It generates it’s power peak in mid-stroke and has a very smooth entry and exit. The catch is strong, but not overwhelmingly technical. It almost doesn’t care how you handle it and seemingly auto-corrects any sloppiness. Of course good technique never hurts! Also the blade is speed sensitive, so that the faster your cadence, the more power (lift) it generates. There is almost no cavitation! Mine came as a adjustable 210-220cm, which I found too long for my anatomy and style of paddling. So I cut off the ferrule and shortened it down to a 204cm. With a heat gun I was then able to cleanly separate the metal locking ferrule and re-epoxy it back on to the shortened paddle shaft

This was a full day of paddling, taking about 6 hours of paddling to cover the 27 miles with two one hour breaks in the mix. The Super Flex is versatile enough to quickly catch swells and for sprinting, yet smooth enough for all day paddling without hurting me.

Fitness, Adventure and Art on Florida Bay!

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Full story at:

https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/fitness/k1-trainer-and-wing-paddle-test-with-a-27-mile-day-paddle-on-florida-bay/

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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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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!

…

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!

🙂

The Daily Dose – “The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”

Posted by Kayakfari on January 6, 2022

Posted in: 42, 420, adventure, answer 42, awakenthegrass, beach, biscayne bay, Black Point, boating safety, Boca Chita, cape florida, convoy point, elliott key, fitness, flex maslan, florida, Florida Keys, fowey rocks, history, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, landscape, lighthouse, mangrove, marine trash, miami, paddle, panorama, pentax, pentax q, photography, pole aerial photography, rasta, reality check, redrum, sea kayaker, silhouette kayak, soldier key, sombrero, south florida, tropical. Tagged: "red rum", 42, 420, adventure, aerial, aerial pole photography, Aerial VR Panoramas, all that trash, awakenthegrass, back country, Beach, bill baggs, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Biscayne Bay, Biscayne Bay triangle, biscayne national park, biscayne safety valve, Black Point, Bless UP, Blessings, Boca Chita, Boca Chita beach, Boca Chita Key, camping Boca Chita, cape florida, cape florida lighthouse, Carl G. Fisher, Coral Reef, currents, da PLANE!, digital art, Fantasy Island, Featherbed Bank, featherbed shoal, feel irie, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida keys, Florida Keys Reef Lights, fowey rocks, fowey rocks lighthouse, Greenland stick, gulf stream, History, Honeywell, Honeywell Pentax, irie, island, island time, kayafari, kayak, kayak biscayne bay, kayak keys, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak touring, kayakfari, kayakfari art, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, landscape photography, Lewis Cut, light, lighthouse, limestone coral rock, Look .. da Plane, mangrove, mangrove tunnel, marine trash, Mark C. Honeywell, miami, miami history, midden mound, nigel foster, nigel foster silhouette, ocean, offshore paddling, open water, open water paddling, Paddle, paddle miami, paddling, paddling biscayne bay, panorama, pentax, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, portage, private island, Ragged Key #3, Ragged Keys, ralph munroe, reality check, redrum, reef, safety flag, safety valve, Sands Key, satellite, Sea Kayaker, shipwreck, silhouette, silhouette kayak, snorkel, soldier key, soldier key club, sombrero, south dade landfill, South Florida, south florida kayak, South Florida Paddlers, summer heat, Tequesta, the plane, tropical, tropical adventure, turquoise, turquoise water, water quality. 1 Comment

Black Point to Boca Chita Key:

Twenty one miles paddling on Biscayne Bay.

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Sexy kayaks on Boca Chita beach surrounded by the clear waters of Biscayne National Park.
Boca Chita – kayaking to a Fantasy Island on Biscayne Bay!

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In many ways Boca Chita Key remains to this day like a “Fantasy Island”. Whereas in the past it was private playground for the rich and famous, today anyone can visit or even camp on the island. Most visitors come by powerboat. a few by a tour boat and fewer still by kayak. This is because it’s a 10 mile open water paddle across Biscayne Bay to get there!

This is a kind of semi urban paddling, where you can get away from the city and yet always see the Miami area skyline on the horizon.

Once out there on the barrier islands of Biscayne National Park,

you are truly on island time!

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(Title quotation from Ralph W. Sockman)

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Full story at:

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! Bless UP

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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.

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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 weight of this moment, saying goodbye to 2021!

Posted by Kayakfari on December 31, 2021

Posted in: 1000mm lens, 42, 420, adventure, answer 42, awakenthegrass, beach, cape sable, chickees, chokoloskee, cosmos, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, Florida Keys, johnson key, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, little rabbit key, moon, new year, paddle, pahayokee, pentax, photography, psychedelic, rasta, science fiction, sea kayaker, Shark Point Chickee, south florida, space, surreal art, ten thousand islands, tropical. Tagged: 10000 islands, 2001, 2001 space odyssey, 2021, 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, Blessings, Camp Nebula, camping, Camping with the Stars, Captain James T. Sprayskirt, captain's blog, captain's log, circular fisheye, Connect the Dots, Connect the Dots Now, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, day and night, decorated reality, digital art, dreaming, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, feel irie, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, full moon, funny, Galaxyshine, goodbye 2021, Grand Illusion, humor, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, irie, island, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, moon, moonlight, moonset over florida bay, nasa, nice dreams, night, ocean, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panoramic, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, rasta, reality check, resistance is futile, rolling, sandbar, Sandy Key, sci fi, science fiction, Sea Kayaker, shoal, Slow motion Apocalypse, South Florida, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, spherical, spherical panorama, spin around, star trek, stardate, stars, strange attractor, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tropica, tropical, tropical adventure. Leave a comment

It’s the end of 2021 and I feel fine.

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Moonset over Florida Bay and the crushing weight of this moment!
ART of Darkness – Kayaking the final frontier of imaging and photography.

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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.”

( cue theme music )

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! Bless UP

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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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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!

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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!

🙂

The Daily Dose – I was held hostage for hours at First National Bank.

Posted by Kayakfari on November 7, 2021

Posted in: 42, 420, adventure, aerial, answer 42, awakenthegrass, banana boat, beach, cape sable, everglades, everglades art, Everglades birds, first national bank, fisheye, fitness, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, greenland, humor, johnson key, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, king tides, landscape, paddle, panorama, pentax, photography, pole aerial photography, reality check, sea kayaker, seda glider, south florida, tropical. Tagged: 42, 420, adventure, adventure paddling, aerial, aerial pole photography, Aerial VR Panoramas, awakenthegrass.com, back country, bank hold up, banks, birds, Bless UP, Camping with the Stars, cape sable, carl ross key, chickee, chickees, Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay, Clubhouse Beach, cormorant, dildo key bank, east cape, environment, Everglades, everglades adventure, everglades aerial, everglades exploration, everglades kayak, everglades landscape, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, exploring everglades, exploring florida bay, feel irie, first national bank, fisheye, fisheye lens, fishing, fishing florida bay, fitness, flamingo, Flamingo Ranger Station, flats, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, florida bay kayak, florida bay kayaking, florida bay landscape, florida bay photography, grass beds, Greenland paddle, held hostage, heron, hold up, hostage, humor, irie, island, johnson key, kayafari, kayak, kayak adventure, kayak art, kayak everglades, kayak florida bay, kayak photography, kayak touring, kayakfari, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key largo, lagoon, landscape, landscape photography, little rabbit key, low tide, mangrove, mental health plan, mud, mud flats, national park, Nest Key, North Nest Key, open water, outback, oyster keys, Paddle, paddle florida bay, paddling, Paddling Florida Bay, panorama, Photography, platform, pole aerial photography, pole photography, reality check, remote, Sandy Key, Sea Kayaker, Sea Kayaker magazine, seagrass beds, seagull, sombrero, sombrero research institute, South Florida, south florida kayak, stick up job, terns, the cape, tidal flats, tropical, tropical adventure, turtle grass, water quality, wing paddle. Leave a comment

First National Bank on Florida Bay, that is!

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The stick up job at the Bank.
The hold up at First National Bank in Florida Bay!

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The hold up was the tide, or lack there of.

The stick up job was my pole aerial photography!

First National Bank appears to have been named in jest by Flamingo residents of old (along with many other funny names). There are several other ‘banks’, but First National is very interesting due to it’s geographical position in Florida Bay and the thousands of birds that make a living out there.

The bank is located in Western Florida Bay which experiences extreme tidal swings and huge sections of flats can get exposed for several hours. They can easily be several miles across.

It’s very easy to get stuck out here accidentally, so it’s best to always be crossing with a rising tide! For planning, go with the East Cape tide models.

Don’t try walking across the bank – it’s really slick soft mud, almost like quicksand. It will tear the shoes off your feet .. best to wait it out!

When the water fills back in – it’s time to GO!

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! Bless UP

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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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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!

…

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!

🙂

The Daily Dose – Return to Earth, a Wildlife Protection Area.

Posted by Kayakfari on October 16, 2021

Posted in: 42, 420, adventure, aerial, alien, answer 42, Art, awakenthegrass, beach, camping, cape romano, cape sable, cosmos, earth, everglades, everglades art, fisheye, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, Florida Keys, glades, humor, island, johnson key, jupiter, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, Milky Way, moonlight, nasa, night, orbit, paddle, panorama, pentax, photography, psychedelic, rasta, science fiction, sea kayaker, south florida, space, star trek, stars, swamp, 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, Connect the Dots, Connect the Dots Now, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, day and night, decorated reality, digital art, dreaming, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, feel irie, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, full moon, funny, Galaxyshine, Grand Illusion, humor, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, irie, island, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, moon, moonlight, nasa, nice dreams, night, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panoramic, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, rasta, resistance is futile, rolling, sandbar, Sandy Key, 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, strange attractor, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tropica, tropical, tropical adventure, water quality. Leave a comment

Captain’s blog – supplemental.

Stardate 75257

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“Re-entering the wildlife protection area!”
ART of Darkness – Kayaking the final frontier of imaging and photography.

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Return to Earth 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.”

( cue theme music )

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https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/kayakfari-art/art-of-darkness-kayaking-the-final-frontier-of-imaging-and-photography/

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! Bless UP

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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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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!

…

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!

🙂

The Daily Dose – Paddling to Boca Chita across the Safety Valve on Biscayne Bay.

Posted by Kayakfari on October 12, 2021

Posted in: 42, 420, adventure, aerial, answer 42, awakenthegrass, beach, biscayne bay, boating safety, Boca Chita, cape florida, elliott key, fisheye, fishing, fitness, flex maslan, florida, Florida Keys, fowey rocks, ghost, grey ghost, hat, history, humor, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, keys, landscape, lighthouse, mangrove, marine trash, miami, noseeum, paddle, panorama, pentax, pentax q, photography, plastic pollution, rasta, reality check, rip current, safety valve, sea kayaker, soldier key, sombrero, south florida, stellar ses, summer, sun, surf ski, surfski, tropical. Tagged: 42, 420, adventure, aerial pole photography, Aerial VR Panoramas, all that trash, awakenthegrass, Beach, bill baggs, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Biscayne Bay, Biscayne Bay triangle, biscayne national park, biscayne safety valve, Bless UP, Blessings, Boca Chita, Boca Chita beach, Boca Chita Key, camping Boca Chita, cape florida, cape florida lighthouse, currents, dventure, feel irie, fiesta privada, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida keys, Florida Keys Reef Lights, fowey rocks, fowey rocks lighthouse, ghost kayak, Greenland stick, grey ghost, gulf stream, gulfstream, History, Honeywell, irie, island, island time, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak biscayne bay, kayak keys, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak touring, kayakfari, kayakfari art, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, landscape, landscape photography, lighthouse, limestone coral rock, mangrove, mangrove tunnel, marine trash, Mark C. Honeywell, miami, miami history, miami surfski, midden mound, ocean, offshore paddling, open water, open water paddling, Paddle, paddle miami, paddling, paddling biscayne bay, panorama, pentax, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, portage, private island, Ragged Key #3, Ragged Keys, ralph munroe, reality check, reef, safety valve, Sands Key, satellite, Sea Kayaker, shipwreck, snorkel, soldier key, soldier key club, sombrero, South Florida, south florida kayak, South Florida Paddlers, south florida surfski, stellar elite small, stellar ses, stellar surfski, summer heat, surfski, Tequesta, tropical, tropical adventure, turquoise, water quality. Leave a comment

Bill Baggs to Boca Chita Key:

An alternate route across the “Safety Valve” on Biscayne Bay.

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Bill Baggs to Boca Chita Key loop across the “Safety Valve” on Biscayne Bay is about 22 miles of open water paddling.
Kayak Miami: Bill Baggs to Boca Chita across the “Safety Valve” on Biscayne Bay.

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This is a kind of semi urban paddling, where you can get away from the city and yet always see the Miami area skyline on the horizon.

Once out there on the undeveloped barrier islands of Biscayne National Park, you are truly on island time!

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Full story at:

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! Bless UP

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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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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!

…

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!

🙂

Fitness paddling visit to Elliott Key on Biscayne Bay.

Posted by Kayakfari on October 15, 2020

Posted in: 42, 420, adventure, answer 42, awakenthegrass, beach, biscayne bay, camping, convoy point, elliott key, everglades, face protector, fisheye, fitness, flex maslan, florida, Florida Keys, fowey rocks, grey ghost, history, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, keys, mangrove, marine trash, miami, mosquitoes, paddle, panorama, pentax q, photography, plastic pollution, rasta, sea kayaker, soldier key, sombrero, south florida, stellar ses, surf ski, surfski, tropical. Tagged: adventure, aerial, aerial pole photography, Aerial VR Panoramas, awakenthegrass, Beach, Biscayne Bay, biscayne national park, Bless UP, Blessings, convoy point, currents, elliott key, elliott key camping, feel irie, fitness, fitness paddling, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida keys, florida surfski, fowey rocks lighthouse, grey ghost, History, irie, island, island time, kayafari, kayak, kayak biscayne bay, kayak convoy point, kayak elliott key, kayak fitness, kayak keys, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayakfari, kayakfari art, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, keys, landscape, landscape photography, limestone coral rock, mangrove, mangrove tunnel, miami, miami history, miami surfski, open water, Paddle, paddle elliott key, paddle miami, paddling biscayne bay, panorama, panoramic, pentax, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, reef, satellite, Sea Kayaker, ses, soldier key, sombrero, south dade landfill, South Florida, south florida kayak, south florida surfski, stellar ses, stellar ses multisport, stellar surfski, surfski, surfski touring, Tequesta, tropical, turquoise water. Leave a comment

Biscayne Bay kayaking series:

A quick afternoon visit to Elliott Key,

the largest island in

Biscayne National Park.

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The GREY GHOST on the rocks at Elliott Key on Biscayne Bay!

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One of the joys of paddling a lightweight performance surfski is the ability to cruise at sustained 5.5 – 6 mph speeds with relatively limited effort.

This opens up new possibilities for day trips and offshore destinations such as the Keys reef lighthouses and this island for instance.

Sixty years ago this island was slated for urban development, lucky for us this never came to pass. Elliott Key bears a scar down it’s full length, the infamous “Spite Highway“. Today it is just a hiking path for those who dare to explore it. The island has a deservedly earned reputation for bugs – bring a bug shirt!

As chance would have it, I arrived just as a lawn mowing team was finishing up. The group camping area on the ocean side is rather nice. With prevailing easterly breezes it could be a great spot on a cool South Florida winter’s night! 🙂

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Freshly mowed group camping site on the ocean side of Elliott Key.
Note the campfire pit and ring! 🙂

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Full story coming soon on this

open water fitness – adventure paddling trip!

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Bless UP!

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© 2020 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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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!

…

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!

🙂

Twenty one miles paddling on beautiful Biscayne Bay to Boca Chita Key (and reluctantly back).

Posted by Kayakfari on December 13, 2018

Posted in: 42, 420, aerial, answer 42, awakenthegrass, beach, biscayne bay, Boca Chita, cape florida, fisheye, fishing, fitness, flex maslan, florida, Florida Keys, fowey rocks, greenland, hat, history, humor, island, kayak, kayak dealer, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, keys, landscape, lighthouse, mangrove, marine trash, miami, mosquitoes, paddle, panorama, pentax, photography, plastic pollution, sea kayaker, soldier key, sombrero, south florida, stiltsville, tropical, winter. Tagged: "red rum", adventure, aerial, aerial pole photography, Aerial VR Panoramas, art, awakenthegrass, back country, Beach, Biscayne Bay, Biscayne Bay triangle, biscayne national park, Black Point, Bless UP, Blessings, Boca Chita, Boca Chita beach, Boca Chita Key, camping Boca Chita, cape florida, cape florida lighthouse, Carl G. Fisher, Coral Reef, currents, da PLANE!, digital art, Fantasy Island, Featherbed Bank, featherbed shoal, feel irie, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida keys, fowey rocks, fowey rocks lighthouse, Greenland stick, gulf stream, gulfstream, History, Honeywell, Honeywell Pentax, irie, island, island time, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak biscayne bay, kayak keys, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak touring, kayakfari, kayakfari art, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, key largo, keys, landscape, landscape photography, Lewis Cut, light, lighthouse, limestone coral rock, Look .. da Plane, mangrove, mangrove tunnel, Mark C. Honeywell, miami, miami history, open water, Paddle, paddle miami, paddling biscayne bay, panorama, panoramic, pentax, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, private island, Ragged Key #3, Ragged Keys, redrum, reef, safety valve, Sands Key, satellite, Sea Kayaker, soldier key, sombrero, south dade landfill, South Florida, south florida kayak, South Florida Paddlers, Tequesta, the plane, tropical, turquoise water. Leave a comment

Boca Chita – kayaking to a Fantasy Island on Biscayne Bay!

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“I have seen the light!”
Boca Chita – kayaking to a Fantasy Island on Biscayne Bay!

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Look .. da Plane, da PLANE! 😉

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Enjoy!

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! BLESS

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© 2018 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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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!

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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!

🙂

Photo Tech – Pentax Q disassembly and LCD repair – replacement operation.

Posted by Kayakfari on April 25, 2018

Posted in: 1000mm lens, aerial, fisheye, flex maslan, florida, ft lauderdale, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, panorama, pentax, pentax q, photography, science fiction, south florida, star trek. Tagged: 03 fish eye lens, 2200mm, 33.7, 42, 420, 5.6x crop factor, additive mixing, aerial, analog tv, auto bellows m, Bayer array, Beach, bellows lens, Blessings, Canon FD SSC 400mm 4.5, cap 33.7, Cathode Ray Tube, circular fisheye, color matrix, CRT, crt tv, decorated reality, diagram, digital art, digital029art, electron gun, everglades panorama, everglades photographer, exploded diagram, extension tube, fisheye, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, fisheye Q, Flamingo Ranger Station, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, fort lauderdale, fun, high magnification, individual phosphors, irie, Johnson Key Chickee, Jupiter inlet, Jupiter lighthouse, kayafari, kayak, kayak miami, kayak photograher, kayak photography, kayakfari, kayakfari art, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, lens, lens cap, macro, macro photography, macrotar 35/3.5, macrotar lens, matrix, miami, panorama, panoramic, pap, pentax, pentax 03, pentax fisheye, pentax q, pentax q 03, Pentax Q disassembly, Pentax Q fisheye, pentax q hacks, Pentax Q LCD, Pentax Q repair, phosphors, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, primary colors, Q continuum, red green blue, RGB, RGB on my CRT, schlitzmaske slot mask, shadow mask, south florida kayak, spherical, spherical panorama, sub-atomic, sub-atomic quantum world, sub-pixels, super-telephoto, take apart, teardown, television, tropical, ultra macro, white light. Leave a comment

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Keeping a Pentax Q strong within the Q Continuum!

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Pentax Q disassembly and LCD repair – replacement operation.

Pentax Q disassembly and LCD repair – replacement operation.

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Make it so!

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! Bless

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© 2018 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.

…

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!

…

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 simple meaning of Earth Day!

Posted by Kayakfari on April 22, 2018

Posted in: 42, 420, alien, answer 42, Art, awakenthegrass, beach, big cypress, biscayne bay, camping, canoe, cosmos, decorated reality, earth, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, Florida Keys, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, lost portage, mangrove, miami, Milky Way, moon, moonlight, nasa, night, Pa-hay-Okee, paddle, pahayokee, pentax, photography, psychedelic, river of grass, sawgrass, science fiction, sea kayaker, south florida, space, stars, surreal art, swamp, ten thousand islands, tropical. Tagged: 10000 islands, 2001 space odyssey, 360, 360 panorama, 4025, 42, 420, A Spiral Attitude, aerial, aerial pole photography, alien, alien kayak, Alien Ray Abduction, aliens, art of darkness, Big Bang Surfing, big bang theory, Big Cypress, Blessings, Camp Nebula, Camping with the Stars, canoe, CAPE ROMANO, circular fisheye, class M planet, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, day and night, digital art, Earth Day, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, fisheye, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, fort lauderdale kayak, full moon, Galaxyshine, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak lights, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking meetup, lights, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, moon, moonlight, night, One Planet, orbit, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panorama, panoramic, pap, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, resistance is futile, roll, rolling, sandbar, sci fi, science fiction, simple meaning of Earth Day, sky, Slow motion Apocalypse, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, spherical, spherical panorama, star trek, sun, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tent, there are no other Everglades, whole sky, whole sky panorama. Leave a comment

There is only one Earth

and

there are no other Everglades on Earth.

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(** cue music **)

“There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth, remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them; their vast glittering openness, wider than the enormous visible round of the horizon, the racing free saltness and sweetness of the their massive winds, under the dazzling blue heights of space. They are unique also in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life they enclose. The miracle of the light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slow-moving below, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades of Florida. It is a river of grass.”

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, The Everglades: River of Grass, 1947

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(click pic)

“Portage to Earth”
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.

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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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Enjoy!

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Bless !

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© 2018 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.

…

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!

…

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!

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.”

( cue theme music )

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(click pic to enter gallery)

Flex Maslan space kayak art photography kayakfari nice dreams night beach everglades sky

“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!

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ART of Darkness – Camping with the Stars!

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Enjoy!

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! BLESSED DREAMS

The simple meaning of Earth Day..

Posted by Kayakfari on April 22, 2015

Posted in: aerial, alien, awakenthegrass, big cypress, biscayne bay, camping, canoe, cape florida, cape romano, chickees, decorated reality, everglades, everglades art, extreme birdwatching, first national bank, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, hiking, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, key biscayne, keys, landscape, miami, moon, moonlight, night, paddle, pahayokee, panorama, pentax, photography, river of grass, sawgrass, science fiction, sea kayaker, south florida, space, sun, surreal art, tropical. Tagged: 10000 islands, 2001 space odyssey, 360, 360 panorama, 4025, 42, 420, A Spiral Attitude, aerial, aerial pole photography, alien, alien kayak, Alien Ray Abduction, aliens, art of darkness, Big Bang Surfing, big bang theory, Big Cypress, Blessings, Camp Nebula, Camping with the Stars, canoe, CAPE ROMANO, circular fisheye, class M planet, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, day and night, digital art, Earth Day, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades artist, everglades camping, fantasy art, fisheye, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, fort lauderdale kayak, full moon, Galaxyshine, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak lights, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking meetup, lights, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, moon, moonlight, night, One Planet, orbit, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panorama, panoramic, pap, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, resistance is futile, roll, rolling, sandbar, sci fi, science fiction, sky, Slow motion Apocalypse, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, spherical, spherical panorama, star trek, sun, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tent, there are no other Everglades, whole sky, whole sky panorama. Leave a comment

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There is only one Earth and there are no other Everglades.

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(** cue music **)

“There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth, remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them; their vast glittering openness, wider than the enormous visible round of the horizon, the racing free saltness and sweetness of the their massive winds, under the dazzling blue heights of space. They are unique also in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life they enclose. The miracle of the light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slow-moving below, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades of Florida. It is a river of grass.”

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, The Everglades: River of Grass, 1947

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(click pics)

“Portage to Earth”
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.

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

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Flex Maslan kayakfari.com Everglades Shark Valley Tower photography aerial slough sawgrass awakenthegrass art landscape paddle willoughby

At the top of the world in the Everglades!
www.AwakentheGrass.com

EVERGLADES hiking with an ALTITUDE – Exploring the Slough and Sawgrass prairies of Shark Valley

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On this day ..
Love the Everglades!

Love the Everglades Movement

Promoting awareness of Everglades ecosystem restoration efforts and related issues.

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Enjoy!

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Blessed Earth Day!

“Class M water world – a 360 space panorama” Digital Fantasy Art from the further reaches of Space!

Posted by Kayakfari on April 20, 2015

Posted in: aerial, alien, answer 42, awakenthegrass, beach, camping, canoe, cape romano, decorated reality, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, holidays, humor, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, miami, moon, moonlight, nasa, night, orbit, paddle, panorama, pentax, photography, rasta, science fiction, sea kayaker, south florida, space, star trek, stars, sun, surreal art, tropical. Tagged: 10000 islands, 2001, 2001 space odyssey, 360, 360 panorama, 4-2-0, 4025, 42, 420, 710, A Spiral Attitude, aerial, aerial 360, aerial pole photography, alien, alien kayak, Alien Ray Abduction, aliens, april 20, art of darkness, Big Bang Surfing, big bang theory, Big Cypress, Blessings, brace yourself, Camp Nebula, Camping with the Stars, canoe, CAPE ROMANO, Captain James T. Sprayskirt, captain's blog, captain's log, circular fisheye, class M planet, Class M water world – a 360 space panorama, Coronal Mass Ejection, Coronal Mass Ejection Afterglow, Crushing weight of the Moment, darkness, day and night, 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, Interstellar Paddlers, Introduction to Outer Space, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak lights, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayak space, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking meetup, lights, moon, moonlight, nice dreams, night, orbit, Orbital Maneuvers, Paddle, paddling, panorama, panoramic, pap, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, Portage to Earth, psychedelic, psychedelic art, Psychedelic gardens in the Sky, remix, resistance is futile, roll, rolling, sandbar, sci fi, science fiction, sky, Slow motion Apocalypse, south florida kayak, space, space art, Space the final frontier, spherical, spherical panorama, spin around, star trek, stardate, sun, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands, tent, whole sky, whole sky panorama, you sure you wanna be free. Leave a comment

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Captain’s blog – supplemental. Stardate 68766.4 !

Another incident of Kayakfari ART 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 adventures, to boldly go where no photographer has gone before.”

( cue theme music )

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(click pic to enjoy this interactive fun-o-rama!)

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“Class M water world – a 360 space panorama”
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.
CLICK for 360 spin-around panorama!

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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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! BLESS 420

I’m not boasting – lens cap panorama 33.7

Posted by Kayakfari on January 26, 2015

Posted in: aerial, awakenthegrass, beach, biscayne bay, camping, cape romano, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, humor, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, miami, paddle, panorama, pentax, photography, sea kayaker, sun, tropical. Tagged: 10000 islands, 33.7, aerial, Big Cypress, Blessings, blue sky, Camping with the Stars, canoe, cap 33.7, circular fisheye, darkness, digital art, elevated, Everglades, Everglades Art, everglades panorama, everglades photographer, fantasy art, fisheye, fisheye lens, fisheye panorama, fisheye Q, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, fort lauderdale kayak, funny, kayafari, kayak, kayak art, kayak miami, kayak photography, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, landscape, lens, lens cap, Paddle, paddling, panorama, panoramic, pap, pentax, pentax 03, pentax fisheye, pentax q, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, south florida kayak, spherical, spherical panorama, SURREAL ART, ten thousand islands. Leave a comment

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I’m gonna Put It On (the lens cap)

Kayakfari ART photography

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(click pic)

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“I’m gonna Put It On (the lens cap)”
CLICK for interactive panorama!

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More interactive panoramas here:

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

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I’m gonna put it on, put it on again! 😉

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Happy Monday!

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Put It On – BLESS!

The Waiting – are you ready for this? It’s camping season in the Everglades!

Posted by Kayakfari on September 26, 2014

Posted in: beach, camping, canoe, chickees, everglades, everglades art, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, humor, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, moonlight, night, paddle, photography, sea kayaker, tropical. Tagged: aerial, back country, Beach, Camp, camping, canoe, chickee, chickees, Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay, digital art, digital029art, east cape, Everglades, everglades landscape, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, fish, fitness, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, florida bay kayaking, florida bay photography, Halloween, irie, island, kayak, kayak florida bay, kayak miami, kayak miami flamingo, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, low tide, Lucky Dube, night, Paddle, Paddling Florida Bay, panorama, panoramic, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, Respect, Sea Kayaker, spider, tropical, tropical adventure, waterfront living. Leave a comment

The nightmare on East Cape. Is it Halloween yet?

Camping season is almost here, be safe! 😉

(click pic)

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“The Waiting” at East Cape, Everglades National Park.
Kayakfari digital ART photography

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Have a great weekend everyone!

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CLICK & Bless UP!

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The hold up at First National Bank in Florida Bay.

Posted by Kayakfari on September 25, 2014

Posted in: awakenthegrass, beach, canoe, chickees, everglades, everglades art, extreme birdwatching, first national bank, fishing, flex maslan, florida, florida bay, island, kayak, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, landscape, miami, moonlight, night, paddle, photography, sea kayaker, sun, tropical. Tagged: 360, aerial, back country, bank hold up, Beach, Camp, camping, canoe, chickee, chickees, Chickees and Keys in Florida Bay, decompress, dezarie, digital art, digital029art, Everglades, everglades landscape, everglades national park, everglades panorama, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, first national bank, fish, fisheye, fisheye lens, fishing, fitness, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, florida bay kayaking, florida bay photography, for the people, held hostage, hold up, hostage, irie, island, kayak, kayak florida bay, kayak miami, kayak miami flamingo, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, keys, lagoon, landscape, low tide, no stress, Paddle, Paddling Florida Bay, panorama, panoramic, photo, Photography, pole aerial photography, pole photography, relax, Sea Kayaker, sky, spin around, stick up job, stress free, tropical, tropical adventure, turtle grass, waterfront living. Leave a comment

Held hostage for hours..

it was a real stick up job! 🙂

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(click pic for story)

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“First National Bank Aerial” – Kayakfari digital ART photography.

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Happy paddling!

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CLICK to Bless UP!

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One hundred and

sixty-nine years young.

This is the only offshore Keys reef lighthouse that

I was able to stand under on dry ground.

Nothing quenches thirst quite like a home grown mango!

Paddling into lower Keys nautical history

off Key West.

Happy Birthday Sand Key Lighthouse!

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That one time I brought my home grown mango

to a watermelon picnic on July 16,

but over 120 years late.

By coincidence, my mango fiesta privada at Sand Key

was on the same date, thus continuing the picnic.

This is the only offshore Keys reef lighthouse where

I was able to stand under it on (mostly) dry ground.

Kayaking through South Florida

nautical history from Key West!

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In many ways Boca Chita Key remains to this day like a

“Fantasy Island”.

Whereas in the past it was private playground for the

rich and famous, today anyone can visit this island.

Black Point to Boca Chita Key:

Twenty one miles of open water paddling on Biscayne Bay!

Once out there on the barrier islands of Biscayne National Park,

you are truly on island time!

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This story combines offshore open water paddling,

snorkeling and lots of photography

with interesting bits of

South Florida nautical history.

Kayaking into lower Keys

nautical history from Key West!

This is the only one of the offshore Keys lighthouses where

I was able to stand underneath it on (mostly) dry ground.

My timing was fortunate that I had just enough land

to pull my surfski ‘ONEWAY’ onto!

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On this trip, I wanted to paddle a good 27 miles with

my new blade for a thorough testing!

My new wing paddle proved to be a great paddling tool,

but the trip was a real pain in the arse.

Fitness, Adventure and Art on Florida Bay!

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Black Point to Boca Chita Key:

Twenty one miles paddling on Biscayne Bay.

Once out there on the barrier islands of Biscayne National Park,

you are truly on island time!

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It’s the end of 2021 and I feel fine.

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.”

(** cue theme music **)

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First National Bank on Florida Bay, that is!

The hold up was the tide, or lack there of.

The stick up job was my pole aerial photography!

Don’t try walking across the bank – it’s really slick soft mud, almost like quicksand. It will tear the shoes off your feet .. best to wait it out!

When the water fills back in – it’s time to GO!

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Captain’s blog – supplemental.

Stardate 75257

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