Leave No Trace: campfire

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 [...]

#3 Expedition Planning : Making Arrangements.

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 [...]

Leave No Trace: human waste

As the title implies this post is a dirty subject.  I am a backpacker first and a paddler second.  So the practice of handling feces in the outdoors is a natural practice.
Most of the places we paddle are sensitive environments.  And we need to consider using the lowest impact practices when we go number two.  [...]

Florida Gulf Coast whale shark

There are always cool things we as boaters can experience from the water.  Below is a video of an interview of two men who were out on their power boat 35 miles off the coast of Tarpon Springs Florida and came across a whale shark.  I have never paddled that far off of our coast [...]

Recycle Regatta: 2009

Employees in the Pinellas County Utilities are working to get the word out about thinking green.  The goal is to promote water quality through a fun youth focused recycling program on April 18, 2009.
“It’s time to start getting shipshape for the Recycle Regatta! This year’s event will be April 18 at North Shore Beach in [...]