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…
             HELP BUTTERFLIES                by PLANTING MILKWEED Milkweeds (Asclepias…
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…
By Peter Clayton We were in the water by 9:20 and out by 11:40 – never did we see the sun – so much for “partly cloudy”! It was in the high 40s when we…
By Peter Clayton These write-ups were always secondary to the photos and Stan’s latest just emphasize that – soon National Geographic will want to join to see them. We had excellent weather although the wind…
By Peter Clayton The Audubon Certification project group recently installed eight blue bird houses on the golf course while Chad Hansen and his team had earlier erected a purple martin house next to the second…
By Peter Clayton Julington Creek is a surprisingly diverse paddle with a couple of distance options. The launch site is a small but nice county park with rest rooms, picnic tables, plenty of parking and…
By Peter Clayton Once again, the stars aligned for kayaking, as twelve of us enjoyed spectacular weather and a high tide to see our town from a different perspective – the river. There weren’t any…
By Peter Clayton We were blessed by warm weather with a light breeze and the “Ock” rewarded us with a fabulous outing. There was no one else on the water and the combination of quiet…
By Peter Clayton Six Mile Creek’s launch area and parking lot is currently the site of major construction activity as the new Outback Crab Shack restaurant building is being elevated to meet permitting requirements –…
By Peter Clayton The usual MCK good fortune with weather, etc. held in spades today as eight of us enjoyed a very special experience. This was our first outing on the St. Johns and first…
By Peter Clayton An old favorite gave us another great experience today while christening one of our new members – Max Kiefer earned his initial “Dunk Club” sticker while trying to lean back to get…
By Peter Clayton What began as a rather chilly – 49 degrees – outing paddling into the wind, ended in glorious sunshine with the wind pushing us gently home. By 9:30, eight bundled-up kayakers were…
By Peter Clayton Chad Hanson, Golf Course Superintendent at the Marsh Creek Country Club, is currently engaged in obtaining Audubon certification for…
By Peter Clayton The weather gods were with us today: overcast – high 70s- low 80s – no rain and a light breeze from the east which no appreciable difference and the 10:58 high tide…
By Peter Clayton Deep Creek has long been a favorite of our group because it’s close, the surroundings are pristine and it offers several paddling options. On Wednesday, we enjoyed a downstream out-and-back from the…
By Peter Clayton Five of us enjoyed delightful weather Wednesday morning, launching onto Big Davis Creek at 9:05 for a one and a half hour paddle during which we saw no other boaters, only a…
By Peter Clayton The 2022-23 paddling season started in great style today. Clyde was back as good as ever – enjoyed perfect weather – welcomed Stan Hill to his initial outing – saw the barred…