Posted on November 25, 2009 by Jeff Fabiszewski
Campfires… I have spent many a night watching the flames dance and mingle among the stars on a moonless night. I have heard many tall tails and ghost-stories become accentuated by the glowing embers and nocturnal sounds emanating from under a blanket of darkness. I could not imagine not having my son enjoy a campfire. But times [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by Jeff Fabiszewski
My birthday was last month and I received a few interestingly titled books. Well I grabbed one of these books today as I headed to my local mechanic to get some service done on my truck. I chose “At the Mercy of the Sea: the true story of three sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane” by [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by sean4
Hey Water Junkies, SORRY this post is long overdue: It has been a stressful time recently & I had computer problems-A WORM! I’ m not talk’n earth worm either! Computer still down but I’ m finally doing this from my home computer- not the infected work computer.
Here it is, the long awaited #4 post in our Expedition [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2009 by sean4
Good Day Paddlers,
Here it is Post #3 in our expedition series! In this post I am going to cover our initial arrangements to get where we are going, who is taking us to the launch site of our journey; why we chose them(shuttle), and a brief description of our start time and place. Followed by [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2009 by sean4
YO!
Well here it is post #2 in the Expedition Series, just as promised. This post is going to focus on the actual route we are going to be paddling and how the choice to paddle the section of river we are doing came about.
When Jeff and I first decided to paddle the Suwannee River, we [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2009 by sean4
Hi Fellow Paddlers,
As promised this is #1 in our Expedition Planning series! The title of the post I believe should say it all. This statement is somewhat of an oxymoron if you ask me, kinda like Military Intelligence or a waterless carwash-HUH? It all started when my cellphone rang about the middle-ish of August, give [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2009 by sean4
Well, Jeff and I have kept it a secret long enough. We just wanted to make sure the trip would be a definite GO!
WE ARE OFFICIALLY HEADED TO DO 5 DAYS, AND JUST UNDER 100 MILES ON THE SUWANNEE RIVER,FLORIDA. I will be doing a series of blogs on our planning and eventually leaving for [...]
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