Kayaking the Home Waters
By Peter Clayton Our early start led to some very positive results: 1) we launched at sunrise – see Craig’s photos below; 2) the early light gave a special gleam to the cross, the fort…
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Paddling the Suwannee
By Peter Clayton At 235 miles, the Suwannee offers plenty of length, but even better, it’s undeveloped with only a handful of small communities along its route, none over 1,000 population. But the paddler has…
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Haws Creek Paddle 10-2021
By Peter Clayton Tuesday’s paddle on Haw Creek was excellent – good weather and a great creek + lunch at the Bantam Chef filled our tums. Photos by Theo Helms
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Paddling Julington Creek
By Peter Clayton Eight of us met up at Palmetto Leaves County Park at 8:30 to unload boats before Bud and Ned headed to the take-out at Mandarin Park to leave Bud’s SUV. By 9:30,…
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BULKHEAD PROJECT IN MARSH CREEK
By Peter Clayton Our community has almost 30 lakes but few with any bulkhead, however six property owners along Marshside Drive have changed that. All the properties back onto the lake on the left side…
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Kayaking the Santa Fe
By Peter Clayton Our two days on the Santa Fe were superb – the weather cooperated, we found a new breakfast and dinner place, and paddled a new section of the river. Our motel managed…
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Paddling the Silver River
By Peter Clayton Eight of us enjoyed a memorable paddle on one of Florida’s best rivers – six manatees, countless anhingas, several pairs of wood ducks and a lone duckling, a few smallish gators and…
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Kayaking Haws Creek
BY Peter Clayton Nine of us set out from Russell’s Landing around 10:30 Wednesday morning under bright skies and headed downstream for the first time in a couple of years. There was a delightful SW…
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Kayaking The Big Bend
By Peter Clayton Once again the weather gods smiled on the eight MCK’s who paddled two sections of what in my estimation is the best river we’ve been on – the Aucilla. Our base motel…
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Paddling the Withlacoochee North
By Peter Clayton Wow, what a trip. The With North, with the water level about 4 ft higher than in Oct 2018, was totally a totally different river. It had fewer and milder shoals and…
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Ocklawaha River
Clyde Brady’s take … In perfect weather, eight of the group paddled the nine mile section of the Ocklawaha River from Gores Landing to Eureka West, the first time in four years. The water level…
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Juniper Springs – Ocala National Forest
Eight hardies from the Marsh Creek Kayakers braved the cool weather to paddle a truly unique stream – three (Alan, John and Ellis) for the first time. Once again Juniper treated us to a special…
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MC Kayakers paddle DeLeon Springs
Editor’s Note: The Marsh Creek Kayakers are a great group and welcome new kayaking aficionados, patiently helping newbies like this writer who enjoyed his first outing recently. If interested, touch base with the gang leader,…
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KAYAKING OPPORTUNITIES
By Peter Clayton Northeast Florida has some of the best kayaking destinations in the US, and eleven years ago, the Marsh Creek Kayakers, a men-only group, was formed to explore these sites. We venture as…
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