The Disston Lake Paddle
By Peter Clayton (Mar 26, 2025) In our 16 years of paddling we’ve only done three lakes: Guana Lake in the Guana-Tolomato Preserve; Lake Norris near Orlando, and; Lake Disston, just south of Bunnell, which…
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The Vilano to City Paddle
By Peter Clayton (Mar 26, 2025) The weather was ideal with blue skies and plenty of sun with a light breeze which ten of us enjoyed while paddling from the Vilano Landing boat ramp on…
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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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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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The Deep Creek Paddle
By Peter Clayton Once again Deep Creek provided a delightful experience for our paddlers aided by perfect weather. The positives began with the short entrance to the ramp from SR 207 which had been filled…
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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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The Silver Springs / Juniper Creek Paddles
By Peter Clayton This outing was like a three act play with each day being quite different from the others – certainly the paddles were. Six of us braved forecasts of rain and cold and…
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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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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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Haw Creek Paddle ’24
By Peter Clayton We enjoyed a delightful start to the 2024-25 kayak season on one of our favorite creeks. Cloud cover and a light breeze made for excellent conditions. We had lots of company as…
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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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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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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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Kayaking the Ocklawaha
By Peter Clayton Paddling the Ocklawaha from Rodman Dam to the US 19 bridge always provides a highlight and it happened again Wednesday – we saw our first manatee in the river – a large…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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