Noel Davis

Paddled 16 miles on the Crooked River today. Put in at the HW 67 bridge and paddled to the confluence with the Ochlocknee river.

One of the prettiest bodies of water I have ever paddled on. Very wild hardly any signs of man. Perhaps 6 houses in 16 miles. It was Friday and really, really hot so I did not see anyone on the river until I arrived at the dirt boat ramp were I took out. Some of the pictures are mapped with their location, pretty cool.

I have a photo album up of some pictures I took along the way. (I plan to make some web pages about the crooked river later as finding information about the trip was difficult). Sorry about the water spots.

The paddling was tough, I probably should not have done that workout the day before :p

Distance by GPS was 16 miles, I was on the water for about 7 hours. I stopped and looked around at each campsite, so my guess at my movement time is about 6:30. Pretty slow, but did I mention it was hot? I think it was mid 90s. Wind ranged from nothing to 12 knots. Direction was pretty random. When it was blowing I would say it was behind me half the time and in my face the other half. So can't blame the time on wind.

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I have put up a HTML copy of my gear spreadsheet onto the website. I made a link on the right hand side or you can just go here.

I am going to try and keep this up to date as I purchase gear and make decisions on what to get.

Feel free to send me an email if you have any suggestions.

Posted by Noel at 06:08 AM | Permalink

Paddled the Wakulla river from the HW 98 bridge upriver to the HW 365 bridge.

It is about 4 miles each way with a current of about 1 mph. I took one hour each way, and was plenty tired. Still have a long way to go to get ready.

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If anyone is interested in the older content on this site it can be found here.

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Did about a 6 mile 3 hour training paddle today. Started on Wakulla Beach and paddled up Goose Creek bay all the way up into the creek.

Goose creek bay is one of the prettiest places I have ever paddled. Winding salt creeks going up into pristine pine forest. As wild looking as it comes and only a mile from a highway. (Though its a longer drive to actually get there).

Tide was going out as we paddled in, then had about 10 knots of wind in the face coming out. I have a long way to go before I am ready.

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