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Happy Happy
Wishing you all the best for 2016! From us 2 geeks… …at 3 knots (and sometimes zero, when doing a little clean up). Got a few moments before the ball drops? Make a last-minute 2015 donation to Save...
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Clouds Imitate Art
Kayakers are “cloudspotters.” Ordinarily, gazing up at the heavens gives us our weather report. But this Florida Keys sunset took our breath away. Virga—wispy ice crystals falling through high winds,...
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Florida Keys Top Ten: Part 2
As per Part 1, our kayak-camping trip spanned 10 days in early February. Now, more of the Top 10 Things We Learned about the southernmost point of the U.S. (not counting that last fact). #3: “The...
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The Lost Island?
More on our trip to Tangier Island, Virginia, 6/17-19. In our previous post, we described Tangier as shrinking. Well, the better word is “sinking.” In an odd we-were-just-there coincidence, the New...
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Handpicked
There’s only way to get your hands on a blue crab: Go out and catch one. (Or dozens, day after day—as our new friends on Tangier Island, VA, explained, when we paddled there in June.) Here’s a little...
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Big Gulp
Plastic cups. Beer cans. Balloons. Bilge…That’s what we usually encounter in our corner of Long Island Sound just north of New York City. But who knew “junk” fish (bunker) could be so attractive? Dan...
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Sturgeon Moon
August 17 Paddling back to HHYC on a balmy Wednesday “Kayak Night,” we encountered huge schools of bunker—and August’s magnificent “Sturgeon” (almost-full) Moon. Native Americans gave distinctive...
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Dark Days
Sunday, November 6 Sunset arrived at 4:42 p.m. on our first day of “standard” time. And in another 48 hours, a tremendous shadow would fall across our country. Dark days lie ahead. But now more than...
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Wintry Mix
For some reason, people assume we’ve hung up our paddles by now. Or trade them for skis (not gonna happen!). In fact, winter is the most magical time to paddle—as gal pal and fellow blogger, Julie, aka...
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An Execution at Execution
It was lovely day on the water…but not for everybody. One of the peregrines that haunts Execution Rocks lighthouse made a meal of this pigeon. And it was seriously considering Luke’s new drone for...
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