We were kayaking off of Ft DeSoto park
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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
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
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Unfortunately I have a lot of work to do this week so I was stuck in this corner office.
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.
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Truth: Its good to get back on the water.
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.
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.
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.
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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
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