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Part 2 Jun. 1st - Day 3 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Last night after I had set up camp, a group of folks at the adjacent campsite offered me beans and tortillas for dinner. I gladly...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 6, 20231 min read
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Part 2 May. 31st - Day 2 - Launch Day! - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
David was right. The front desk lady was extremely accommodating. She put the kayak in their ballroom and acted though my needs were...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 5, 20234 min read
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PART 2 - SEATTLE TO HERIOT BAY -May. 30th - Day 1 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I took an uber to the Miami airport. My flight was delayed for three hours, because of heavy afternoon downpours, and would not be in...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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Part 1 May. 29th - Departure Day - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Covid complicated things for the days before departure. I had rented my house for the two months I’d be traveling, the renter had already...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 3, 20233 min read
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Part 1 May. 26th - 4 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Fate sometimes throws potholes on your life’s road. Last weekend I started feeling a sore throat ache. At first, I thought I had...
Felipe Behrens
Jan 13, 20232 min read
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Part 1 May. 22nd - 7 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
It hardly felt like it, but in a week, I would be pushing with my kayak from a boat ramp in Seattle. My mind began to shift from thinking...
Felipe Behrens
Dec 11, 20222 min read
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Part 1 May. 7th - 21 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I was reading a book about the ancient Greek Myths when I came across the story of Hephaestus (Vulcan if you prefer his Roman name). He...
Felipe Behrens
Dec 9, 20225 min read
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Part 1 May. 1st - 28 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
When I paddled around Puerto Rico, I had a few close calls with reefs and submerged rocks. On more than one occasion I was surprised by a...
Felipe Behrens
Dec 8, 20224 min read
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Part 1 Apr. 15th - 1.5 Months to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
MoveIt came in the morning to pick up the kayak. The day before I had all the gear fitted into the hull and draped the sections in bubble...
Felipe Behrens
Dec 7, 20225 min read
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Part 1 Apr. 2nd - 2 Months to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
With two months to go before heading to Seattle, there was still an avalanche of things to do. Except for the dry suit, I am nowhere near...
Felipe Behrens
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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Part 1 Mar. 15th - 2.5 Months to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Finding a shipping address in Seattle was more difficult than I thought. Ideally, I would like to ship the kayak to a place next to a...
Felipe Behrens
Nov 29, 20222 min read
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Part 1 Mar. 1st - 3 Months to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
After getting locked assurances from work that I had the free time I would need for the journey I began to give due consideration about...
Felipe Behrens
Nov 28, 20223 min read
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Part 1 Feb. 15th - 3.5 Months to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
A strange coincidence happened this week. On Friday night I was scanning through my Facebook feed when I came across a video from Lee...
Felipe Behrens
Nov 27, 20224 min read
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PART1 - A NEW ADVENTURE - Feb. 1st - 4 Months to Departure
In my previous adventures, the end of the journey has been the most difficult part. When I arrive back where I started, my first thought...
Felipe Behrens
Nov 26, 20225 min read
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