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 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…
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 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…
Editor’s Note: Ned Skinner is an experienced outdoors man, and a member of the Marsh Creek Kayakers. Last October, near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, he and a friend were in the right place at the right…
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…
Editor’s Note: Do not miss Stan Hills’s terrific photos below! By Mike Sprinkle We had 4 kayakers paddle the beautiful Lake Disston today, Max, Stan, Marty and Mike. Marty was the only one who had…
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…