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Author: Peter Clayton

By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on March 2, 2025February 27, 2025

The Ocklawaha Paddle

By Peter Clayton The kayaking gods blessed us Wednesday (Feb 26) with excellent weather, water as clear as we’ve seen on the Ock, an amazing variety and number of birds, turtles and gators, and great…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on February 28, 2025February 27, 2025

Kayaking Moultrie Creek

By Peter Clayton Conditions were perfect on the morning of Feb 12th – bright sky, nice temps, slight breeze from the SW and high tide as we launched. While prepped our boats to set off…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak
Posted on January 12, 2025January 11, 2025

Paddling Six Mile Creek

By Peter Clayton Seven of us ventured out once it warmed sufficiently and were rewarded with a beautiful day, pristine surroundings and even some wildlife sightings – an otter and numerous birds including a pileated…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on November 17, 2024November 17, 2024

The Julington Creek Paddle

Wednesday’s paddle combined delightful weather, very high water levels, great company and having the water to ourselves – pretty damn special – and, of course, topped off with an excellent lunch at Julington Creek Fish…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

The Goodby Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton Weather-wise we had a spectacular day for our paddle and we were able to pull out at Wicked Barley’s beach for lunch which we enjoyed outside. Our start was delayed a little…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak
Posted on August 16, 2024August 16, 2024

Paddling Six Mile Creek

By Peter Clayton Our “off season” exception – paddling in mid-summer – for Six Mile Creek was due to the reopening of Outback Crab Shack (OCS) last week. Nine of us took advantage of a…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

The Haw Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton Haw during Spring/Summer is definitely one of our most beautiful paddles. It’s all natural and the trees, especially cypress and live oak, are magnificent. Bud, Chris, Steve M., John S. and I…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak
Posted on June 2, 2024June 1, 2024

Chowenwaw Park, Black & Peters Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton Wednesday was a series of “firsts”: 1) we only had three paddlers – the smallest number ever; 2) we launched from Camp Chawenwaw County Park on the west side of US 17…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on May 3, 2024May 4, 2024

The Goodby Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton On Wednesday, eight of us paddled Goodby – a truly urban adventure. Located in SW Jacksonville, Goodby Creek flows into the St. Johns near the intersection of San Jose Blvd. and Baymeadows…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on February 25, 2024February 24, 2024

The With North Paddle

By Peter Clayton Our three days in Madison couldn’t have provided better weather – sunny, with mild temps and light winds. The river was running strong with a 2+ mph current and high enough that…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on February 4, 2024February 3, 2024

The Julington Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton Six of us enjoyed bright skies and reasonable temps Thursday during the 3.5 mile paddle on Julington Creek from Palmetto Leaves County Park to Clark’s Fish Camp. What we didn’t enjoy were…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on January 29, 2024January 29, 2024

The Ocklawaha Paddle

By Peter Clayton The weather for the Oklawaha outing was as predicted – mostly cloudy with temps in the 60s and no rain. Ten of us were in the water at Rodman Dam by 9:35…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on January 20, 2024January 20, 2024

The Silver River Paddle

By Peter Clayton In the 15 years the MCK has been paddling, Wednesday’s outing was among the best as the cool temps limited the people on the water (we saw about 10) while bringing the…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Around Town & County Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

Paddling the North Fork of Black Creek

By Peter Clayton In 2017, four of us paddled 9 miles from Knight’s Landing in Jennings State Forest to the Middleburg city boat ramp – the first four miles were memorable as the water was…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on December 17, 2023December 16, 2023

The Durbin Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton We did this paddle last Spring so the change of season was definitely noticeable – see photos. The weather was crisp with a 15 mph wind from the NW – all were…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on December 3, 2023December 2, 2023

Paddling Down the High and Ickeutucknee Springs

By Peter Clayton Our first overnight of the season provided a little bit of everything from cool weather to bright sunshine, a mermaid to manatees, deer to bald eagles and some good Latin food to…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on November 11, 2023November 10, 2023

The Haw Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton Thursday was truly spectacular on Haw Creek, with blue skies, no wind, ideal temps, high water and no weed clogging thanks to the Corps of Engineers spraying. The bird life cooperated as…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Marsh Creek Community
Posted on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

Kayaking Peter’s Creek

By Peter Clayton About 12-13 years ago, The Admiral (Peter Spoehr) and I paddled our namesake creek – about which I didn’t remember much – but on Wednesday seven of us (Bud, Ellis, Mike, Stan,…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Kayak Marsh Creek Community
Posted on October 28, 2023October 27, 2023

The Fishing Creek Paddle

By Peter Clayton Today’s paddle was different from any before it – on the plus side: a creek with nice width and bends, pleasant homes, some lovely old growth trees, especially cypress which were changing…


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By Peter Clayton   Posted in Marsh Creek Community
Posted on October 20, 2023October 20, 2023

MARSH CREEK MAILBOXES

Peter Clayton When driving into our community for the first time, our mailboxes usually make a distinct impression as they line one or both sides of our roads. The originals were sturdy wood affairs with…


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