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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
By Peter Clayton We had another urban paddle with surprises on Wednesday. Our launch was from the northern edge of Tilly Fowler Regional Park which is off Roosevelt Blvd. opposite the Jacksonville Naval Air Station…
By Peter Clayton The ’23-24 Marsh Creek Kayak season officially got under way today with near perfect weather, two new paddlers and a new rest stop on Trout Creek. Eleven of us participated with Gus…
By Peter Clayton The Audubon Certification group met on July 27th, and learned from Chad Hansen that the Club has received three of the required seven certificates for full accreditation with three others pending and…
By Peter Clayton On June 12th, the Marsh Creek Country Club and residents joined forces in an important step toward acquiring Audubon certification for the golf course and its community. Chad Hansen, course superintendent, and…
By Peter Clayton Even with good research, you’re never quite sure about a new paddle until you’ve done it – the four of us who did Goodby’s Creek this week would all return. Goodby’s is…
By Peter Clayton Last week’s paddle proved to be a big success in many respects – we’ll be re-visiting the Tomoka soon. Eleven of us headed south taking about 45 minutes to reach our put-in…
By Peter Clayton Ten years ago we launched into Durbin down a dirt bank not sure if we’d stay upright when we hit the water and the wind was such that the traffic noise was…