Release Date 3/2/2025

 I released this message off of Abaco in the Bahamas while on a trip on friend's sailboat, Tilia. 

We had been cruising for a few days and were about halfway through our trip.

It has been a great trip lots of fun conversation and adventures. I hired a guide to take us lobster spearing. This turned out to be a lot more complex than i thought it would be. I assumed being able to spear the lobsters would make it trivial, but the freediving, in conjunction with the primitive Hawaiian Sling spear system made it a challenge, and it took a while berfore I got the hang of it.

We also did some beach combing on a very remote piece of land and found an amazing number of these fish trays. My initial impulse was to collect them all and cut out the nameplates, but calmer heads prevailed and we just took pictures. Subsequent research proved that most of these came all the way from Morocco. 

The Strava Track vastly underestimates how difficult it was to walk on the very sharp eroded coral and limestone. It was VERY rugged terrain and my Hokas were partially shredded by these rocks.

Truth: Time keeps passing. 

Release Date 11/16/2024

 I released this message off of Ft Wetherill State Park near Newport while kayaking.

It was bright sunny, but increasingly breezy day. 

                                                                           

We launched from the "Moonrise Kingdom" beach. This is where they shot the exterior shots for the cute Moonrise Kingdom movie. 

We decided to paddle North toward Newport, then crossed to the South and returned to the beach. There wasn't much surf so we did not get to do a lot playing in the rocks. The crossing back to the South was into a stiff 15kt wind and was a real workout in the plastic Delphin 150.

We had a nice lunch out of the wind and returned.

Truth: A loop is best.

  

Release Date 8/25/2024

 Released this message off of French River PEI on an outgoing tide.

Hopefully it made it's way out into the ocean.

We did a relaxing paddle to Souwest Grill for lunch and drinks. 

I love these cool workboats.

It got very cloudy and looked like rain so we stayed at the restaurant until it cleared-up. It never did rain, but when we got back to home we were told they had experienced a huge storm. An inch of rain in 20 minutes and huge wind.

See the strava Track for details.

We did a much more adventurous paddle in some surprising large surf a few days before. 

 I didnt do a bottle release because we could not find any beach trash. We went out into the ocean and had a rest under the cliff near the Ft. Tryon Lighthouse. See the Strava track

See the Strava Track for details.

Release Date 3/29/2024

We were diving in Truk Lagoon. This is a trip I had always wanted to take ever since I was a little kid when I saw it on jacque Crousteau truk lagoon episode.

I was supposed to take this trip with Ned and Greg but they didn't make it.

It was cool to see all the shipwrecks they are still in ok shape after all these years.

We did a ton of dives and saw lots of cool stuff.

Truth: you never know the future