The Time-release Dose – On the slough, somewhere between hiking and paddling!

Posted by Kayakfari on May 26, 2022

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From Pahayokee Overlook to “Main Street”

on the

Shark River Slough .. aka the

“River of Grass”.

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Here’s looking at Euclid! 😉
Pahayokee Overlook to Main Street – Probing into the middle of Shark River Slough.

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“Too deep for walking and too shallow for boating”.

There is a well known airboat trail known as “Main Street” which runs the length of the largest slough inside of Everglades National Park. This path is not open to the general public for airboating, however it does enable paddlers to transit the length of the famed “River of Grass”. The Shark River Slough runs from the Tamiami Trail down to Bottle Creek at the south end, where navigable water leads eventually connect to the Canepatch backcountry campsite. The purpose of this trip was to to try and connect to Main Street from the Pahayokee Overlook, as a shorter alternate route to get to Canepatch!

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Pahayokee to Main Street – Probing into the middle of Shark River Slough.

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

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

Posted by Kayakfari on February 2, 2022

Posted in: 42, 420, adventure, aerial, airboat, alligator, answer 42, awakenthegrass, banana boat, canoe, chekika, cooking, east everglades, everglades, Everglades Skyway, evergladesdiary, fisheye, flex maslan, florida, glades, glades skiff, gladesmen, history, Invitational, kayak, kayak rudder, kayakfari, kayakfari.com, kayaking, landscape, moonshine, mosquitoes, Pa-hay-Okee, paddle, pahayokee, panorama, pentax, pentax q, photography, pole aerial photography, rasta, reality check, river, river of grass, sea kayaker, seda glider, Shark River slough, shark valley, slough, sombrero, south florida, swamp, tamiami trail, tropical, Willoughby, winter. Tagged: 42, 420, Across the Everglades, adventure, aerial, aerial pole photography, airboat, airboat trail, alligator, awake in the grass, awakenthegrass, awakenthegrass.com, back country, banana boat, Big Cypress, birds eye view, Blessings, Camp, camp cooking, camping, Camping with the Stars, canoe, canoe everglades, canoe trail, chickee hut, connecting streams of the Everglades, coopertown, coot bay pond, cypress, cypress tree, digital029art, dugout, East Everglades, EEEA, Everglades, everglades adventure, Everglades Art, everglades canoe trail, everglades cooking, everglades exploration, everglades exploration network, everglades hammock, Everglades history, everglades indian, everglades kayak, everglades landscape, everglades lost portage, everglades mound, everglades mud, everglades national park, everglades paddling, everglades panorama, everglades photo, everglades photographer, Everglades Photography, Everglades restoration, everglades river, Everglades Skyway, everglades slough, everglades trail, Everglades wildlife, exploration, feel irie, fisheye lens, Flex Kayakfari, flex maslan, Florida, florida bay, free ranging, gator hunters, glades skiff, Gladesmen, Glen Simmons, Grass, grass paddling, Greenland paddle, Greenland stick, History, Hitchiti-Mikasuki, Hugh L. Willoughby, indian mound, irie, island, kayafari, kayak, kayak cooking, kayak everglades, kayak florida, kayak miami, kayak photograher, kayak photography, kayak shark valley, kayak south florida, kayak touring, kayakfari, kayakfari art, Kayakfari ART Photography, kayakfari.com, kayaking, L-67, landscape, landscape photography, Levee, lost portage, lost portage loop, Love The Everglades Movement, Main Street, mangrove, mangroves, miami, miami history, Miami Kayak, Miccosukee, Mikasuki, moonshiners, mosquitoes, mud, national park, native, native american, no-see-ums, noseeums, off trail, one-mile bridge, one-mile tamiami trail bridge, Pa-hay-Okee, Paddle, paddle miami, paddling, Pahayokee, panorama, panoramic, pentax q, Photography, pole aerial photography, poling, Prairie, private island, quicksand mud, reality check, River of Grass, Running down the Taylor Slough, satellite, Sawgrass, Sea Kayaker, sea of grass, seagrape hammock, seda glider, seminole, sfwmd, shark river, Shark River slough, shark valley, shark valley tower, skiffers, Slough, South Florida, south florida kayak, south florida kayaking, south florida paddle, south florida paddler, Spikerush, swamp, tamiami trail, taylor slough, tree, tree hammock, tropical, tropical adventure, tropical kayakfari, under the bridge, water, water conservation area, water levels, water quality, wca, wetlands, Willoughby Key, wing paddle, winter in florida. Leave a comment

That’s what the good natured airboat operator

quipped as he pulled into the hammock camp.

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East Everglades Grass kayakfari canoe paddle Expansion Area airboat camp addition lands kayak Flex Maslan

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:

https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/grass-paddling-in-the-east-everglades-expansion-area/

Revised and updated for your reading pleasure!

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! Bless UP

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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 – “FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE”

Posted by Kayakfari on January 15, 2022

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Take this bottle!

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Flex Maslan everglades kayakfari paddle Sweet Bay Pond Ingraham liquor canoe kayak hurricane Irma prairie bottle prohibition

I spotted what at first looked like a junk plastic bottle from a distance.
Post Hurricane Irma high water paddling in the Everglades!

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I found this pint size flask bottle in the Everglades near Sweet Bay Pond, very close to where the old Ingraham Highway made a sharp 90 degree turn due south towards Flamingo.

The embossed text on it reads:

“FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE”

It 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!

This is a vintage bottle from the post-Prohibition era!

So it’s not quite a cultural artifact, and 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 years even after the end of Prohibition!

High water paddling and poling

the interior Everglades prairies on the

“Pa-Hay-Okee”.

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Full story at:

https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/random-gallery-2/florida-south-florida/everglades-national-park/interior/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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! 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.

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 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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https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/kayaking-the-river-of-grass-a-shark-river-slough-expedition/

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https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/paddling-and-exploring-south-floridas-wilderness-the-sloughs-of-the-everglades/

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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!

🙂

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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Flex Maslan everglades kayakfari paddle Sweet Bay Pond Ingraham liquor canoe kayak hurricane Irma prairie

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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https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/trips-sea-stories-pics/random-gallery-2/florida-south-florida/everglades-national-park/interior/post-hurricane-irma-high-water-paddling-in-the-everglades/

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Roots – BLESS!

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With that said..
Blessings friends!

There’s something fishy about this!

Posted by Kayakfari on July 31, 2017

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A new way of fishing the Everglades,

Ten Thousand Islands, Florida Bay and the Keys!

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Staying Alive in the heat at north Nest Key ..
On the fine ART of living in a lens Bubble!

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Fisheye tales from the Everglades!

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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..
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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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(Each pic opens a story!)

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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! Bless UP

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© 2017 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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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!

🙂

Pahayokee to Main Street – probing into the Shark River Slough on the River of Grass.

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From Pahayokee Overlook to “Main Street”

on the

Shark River Slough .. aka the

“River of Grass”.

“Too deep for walking and too shallow for boating”.

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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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This is a vintage bottle from the post-Prohibition era!

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”!

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

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High water paddling and poling the interior Everglades prairies on the

“Pa-Hay-Okee”!

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A new way of fishing the Everglades,

Ten Thousand Islands, Florida Bay and the Keys!

Fisheye tales from the Everglades!

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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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Pahayokee to Main Street – probing into the Shark River Slough on the River of Grass.

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