Release date 6/29/2026

I got the kayaks out of storage and did a paddle down the coast.

Weather was perfect low 70s and no wind. 

Strava Track Here

I stopped at a pocket beach to do some beach combing. I only took one buoy, but there were a lot of choices!

Its often very windy here, but on this day it was fairly still. I saw a school of really big stripped bass. Time to get a fishing license!

There was a cormorant rookery up on the cliffs. The babies are getting big and should be on their own soon.

Truth: you only leave the nest once

release date 5/5/2026

I was kayaking in the East river. We went north to East river State Park them headed south looking for standing waves against the current.

We were early for Castle William but saw a few in the buttermilk channel.

One highlight was a vendor who really went the extra mile to sell us some smoothies. 

Water was 52 air 75.

Truth: there is always someone who goes farther.

Strava track

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/0mvhXDSwU2b

Release date 4/14/2026

 We were kayaking off of Ft DeSoto park 

See the Strava track:

Strava link

We did a circumnavigation of Egmont Key. The wind and surf picked up on the way back so we really had to work for the last half hour.

We saw two huge turtles that seemed to be mating on the return. The largest must have been 4ft across.

Truth: a bridge is a connector 

Release date 2/5/2026

 I released this message in Baja South of Ensanada. I was back here after a 2 year Hiatus.  Everything was about the same stunning scenery good friends, great food.

We have done trips on both sides of La Bufadora this week. 

Swell has been pretty big most days. I paddled a long way out to release the bottle hopefully it will go a long way 

I forgot to turn Strava on after lunch so an hour or so is missing from the track

https://strava.app.link/speAAsnEx0b

Unfortunately I have a lot of work to do this week so I was stuck in this corner office. 

But I did do some paddling. I wasn't feeling great and was very conservative.

Release Date 10/19/2025

 Released this message on a very windy day off of Governors Island.

I went out to surf the tide-race off the NW tip, but with a very strong wind from the South there were some good waves throughout the Buttermilk Channel.

I had planned to do a little touring before, but some of the post bike-kill party people decided to tag our storage container so I had to spend a few hours repainting.

It's just starting to get cold but because of the bright sun we were still comfortable in thin neoprene instead of dry suits.

This Strava track gives a detailed profile of the day.

Here are the high-lights:

Truth: Its good to get back on the water.

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.