Paddling Deep Creek
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…
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A Jaunt down Julington Creek
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…
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Kayaking Six Mile Creek
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…
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Paddling Silver River
By Peter Clayton Four of us enjoyed the unparalleled beauty of Silver River in surprisingly pleasant temps with a slight breeze and mostly cloudy conditions. Never have we seen so many wood ducks, none of…
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Vilano to The Ancient City Paddle
By Theo Helms Todays paddle from the Vilano boat ramp to the Ancient City gave me a chance to get a few good photos of a Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, an Osprey, and a…
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Paddling Haws Creek (again)
By Peter Clayton Eight of us enjoyed near perfect conditions, and, for the second consecutive week welcomed a newcomer – Greg Burke. We were in the water by 9:30 heading upstream with a rest stop…
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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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Kayaking the Aucilla and Wacissa’s Slave Canal
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…
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A MOMENT ON THE RIVER
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…
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Paddle on the Ocklawaha
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…
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Paddling Julington Creek
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…
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Paddling the With South
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,…
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Paddling Pellicer Creek
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…
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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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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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