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Everglades Wilderness Guide
Canoes, Kayaks & Sails!
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24 Years, 27 Trips!

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#everglades #dolphin #horseshoecrab #sandflypass #rabbitkey #alligator #everglades2023 #naturephotography #florida #kayak #travel #wilderness #video

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Day 5 - Trip - Trail's End

We got up early and were off by dawn just as the outgoing tide went slack.

Island came into view at the mouth of the Lopez River. Later we passed the Smallwood Store where the infamous Mr. Watson was killed in 1910… (see novel "Killing Mister Watson" by Peter Matthiessen).

All and all it was a great trip! 👍

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Day 4 - Trip - Lopez River

I had stopped there for lunch but never stayed overnight. The primary site was taken, so we took the secondary. Both sites have nice deep shell mound approaches. We sat down by the water while we ate our dinner and finished our box of wine. A breeze and cooler temps so bugs were few.

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Day 3 (Continued) - Sweetwater Chickee

I woke up at 2am and laid awake in my hammock trying to get back to sleep. Then I became aware of wet, sonorous breathing in the water about 20 feet away! The pattern became obvious… 2-3 breaths then nothing for 10-15 min, then repeat in exactly the same place. An stalking us?!

It turned out to be a !

They sleep on the bottom and rise to breathe several times an hour. 🙂

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Day 3 - Trip - Sweetwater Chickee

As the name implies, this campsite is far enough from the Gulf that the water is mostly fresh (aka "Sweet"). As such it is a haven for . The ~8ft gator shown here was extra friendly, which means some idiot(s) had been feeding it! Much more dangerous...

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How to tie the I used on my recent trip.

This is an extremely useful adjustable loop (aka "noose") knot that will resist loosening!

Note the orange pencil is there just to highlight the three loops through which you pass the working end to finish the knot!

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Day 2 - Rabbit Key - Trip

A whimsical collection (spiral?) of on the beach. 🙂

Aside: My old Hobie MirageDrive® decided to fail by this point. The second photo shows my evolving field repairs. failed after an hour, so I switched to rope. The ultimate solution... bits of plastic water bottle secured with .

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Day 2 - Rabbit Key in the is just the right size to walk around at low tide...

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Morning, Day 2 of our trip, after camping near the high tide line on Rabbit Key. This really gives you some of the flavor!

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First day of our recent trip...

On our way out to Key under the nearly New , kicking off the Year of the Rabbit! 🙂

Extra low and high of course!

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Just back from my annual trip in the . Will be posting more photos this week with the hashtag ...

The map shows our original route looping out to Pavilion Key on the last day. We amended our reservation because the wind on the Gulf was predicted to be 10-15 knots with gusts above 20! 💨

The photo is from Sandfly Island near Everglades City.

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Just back from a trip in the . Will be posting more photos this week with the hashtag !

#kayak #everglades #everglades2023 #naturephotography #florida #map

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