Sea kayak circumnavigation | Around on my Kayak 5/8

Mar 2, 20231 min read

Vancouver Island Map - Seattle to Heriot Bay - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

The map shows my kayak route for the first part of the Sea Kayak Vancouver Island circumnavigation. You can see more maps like this one...

Artistic Maps

Mar 1, 20231 min read

Part 3 Jun. 28th - Day 12 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation

Yesterday’s paddle exhausted me. Not just physically, but mentally as well. I’m disappointed that the majority of the places I stop at...

Feb 27, 20235 min read

Part 3 Jun. 27th - Day 11 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation

The rain drizzled throughout the night. I had to wake up and bring down the rain fly, but once the rain stopped it got very hot and...

Feb 26, 20233 min read

Part 3 Jun. 26th - Day 10 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation

The two boats on the beach last night were day campers as well and made for some afternoon company. They set up a barbecue grill and...

Feb 25, 20232 min read

Part 3 Jun. 25th - Day 9 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation

Yesterday afternoon I had a chat with Lourdes’ husband who runs the kayak business. He was an American with a Nordic Scandinavian...

Feb 24, 20233 min read

Part 2 Jun. 8th - Day 10 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

After hearing yesterday’s bear story from the kayaker I decided to hang all my food in a bag over a tree limb about eight feet off the...

Feb 23, 20234 min read

Part 2 Jun. 7th - Day 9 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

First sunny day of the journey. Not a cloud in the sky this morning, and as I looked towards the southeast down the middle of the Georgia...

Feb 22, 20233 min read

Part 2 Jan. 12th - Day 23 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation

The river camp was fantastic. The showers were warm, the toilets clean and the bug screened enclosures even had a plug outlet for me to...

Feb 21, 20233 min read

Part 2 Jan. 11th - Day 22 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation

The put-in point down from big shoals was down a steep moss-covered embankment, and there was hardly enough space by the water to stand...

Feb 20, 20232 min read

Part 2 Jan. 10th - Day 21-Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation

There are so many twisted trees, roots and logs in the river channel that my imagination sometimes gives character to their odd shapes....

Feb 19, 20234 min read

Part 2 Jan. 9th - Day 20 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation

My phone rang me awake. People were calling me. They saw that I deviated from the planned route through the swamp and wanted to know what...

Feb 18, 20236 min read

Part 2 Jan. 8th - Day 19 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation

Today sucked. I obtained the overnight permit to cross the Okefenokee Swamp two days ago and thought I had been clear with whomever I had...

Feb 17, 20234 min read

Part 2 Jun. 6th - Day 8 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

Yesterday I covered thirty-two miles. No wonder I felt exhausted. I took things a little easier today and went at a leisurely pace until...

Feb 16, 20234 min read

PART 3 - CALM SEAS & HEADWINDS - Jun. 24th - Day 8 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation

I was fortunate the tide did not reach me last night. A couple of waves came close enough for me to hear the rushing water soaking up by...

Feb 14, 20234 min read

Part 2 Jun. 5th - Day 7 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

Again, the sea this morning was calm like a mountain lake. Not even a slight puff of wind, and the clouds were hanging low and covering...

Feb 13, 20233 min read

Part 2 Jun. 4th - Day 6 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

I crossed into Canada! Conditions on the San Juan strait were dead calm, and the only undulations over the water came from tidal currents...

Feb 9, 20232 min read

Part 2 Jun. 3rd - Day 5 - The San Juan Islands - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

There’s nothing that soaks your will to start your day in the morning more than waking up in your tent and hearing the rain pouring....

Feb 8, 20233 min read

Part 2 Jun. 2nd - Day 4 - Deception Pass - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

I wondered if this morning I should do a visual inspection of Deception Pass from the Bridge that crosses the strait to see what I was...

Feb 7, 20237 min read

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...