The Six Mile Paddle
By Peter Clayton Four years is a long time to wait between paddles but Six Mile made it worthwhile. As noted earlier, the improvements to the dock and ramp were amazing – while narrow, the…
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By Peter Clayton Four years is a long time to wait between paddles but Six Mile made it worthwhile. As noted earlier, the improvements to the dock and ramp were amazing – while narrow, the…
By Peter Clayton Photo gallery below Day 1: The expected thunderstorms never made an appearance as mostly blue skies and ideal temps greeted us when we arrived at the Days Inn just south of Monticello…
By Theo Helms The moment was on Thursday, 2/24/22…the morning we learned ofRussia’s invasion of Ukraine. Myself and six other Marsh Creek Kayakersleft our hotel in Alachua Florida to kayak the beautiful Santa Fe River…
By Peter Clayton Six of us enjoyed one of the best days ever on the water – sunshine, blue skies, crisp temps and very light wind – no leaves on the trees enabling us to…
By Peter Clayton Nine of us gathered at Palmetto Leaves County Park at 10:00 wondering about the cool temps, overcast skies and light rain, but this being the MCKer’s, by the time we finished it…
By Peter Clayton Four years ago we paddled the uppermost portion of the With South soon after Hurricanes Irma and Matthew had blown through – it wasn’t a pretty sight, so we delayed returning. Fortunately,…
By Peter Clayton It’s been a decade since we went upstream on Pellicer, and then we only went to the I-95 bridge – today we paddled 7.7 miles going under the I-95 and US 1…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…