2009 Kayak Trip Everglades NP


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2009 Kayak Trip Everglades NP

Jack Rich and John set off on what turns out to be the the most exhausting kayak trip so far. Everglades National Park, Flamingo Campground, was the start and finish point. Friday we paddled outside to Clubhouse Beach, then up to Middle Cape during the first day, about 15 miles, all into 2-4 foot seas and 15-20 mph headwind. Saturday was Middle Cape north on the outside to Little Sable Creek into headwinds again, then inside down to Lake Ingraham into hard east winds, a dropping tide and horrible muck traps. Then out East Cape canal to Florida Bay and 2 miles east to Clubhouse Beach just at sunset, for 22 miles total and exhaustion. Sunday was a straight shot home on the outside with fantastic porpoise contacts, our best ever. Good trip!

Date(s): Feb. 19-22, 2009. Album by John Phillips. Photos by John Phillips. 1 - 21 of 21 Total. 380 Visits.

1 2-19-09 Everglades Campsite Thursday	2 Campsite	3 RIch John campfire cookies	4 2-19-09 Campground Launch site at low tide	5 Barry the Bear kayak mojo
6 Commodore Jack and Captain Rich are ready	7 John at launch	8 GPS check	9 Lunch at Clubhouse Beach	10 Rich and Jack in action
11 Jck avoids being scalded while Rich pours boiling water for freeze dry supper MiddleCape camp site	12 Look,Sunset	13 Sunset Middle Cape	14 Jack Cook(s) gloves We had the biggest beach campfire ever	15 2-19-09 Beach campfire It was cold and windy out there
16 Break camp Middle Cape Saturday	17 2-21-09 Lunch break Little Sable Creek After a HARD slog outside to get there, into a fierce headwind and seas, nowhere to get out of the boats for some eats, so we nosed into the mangroves. After lunch: the ill-fated assault on Lake Ingraham	18 Stuck in the mangrove muck for lunch	19 2-22-09 Sunday at Clubhouse campsite after brutal Saturday 22 miles, adverse conditions Got into Clubhouse to set up camp after dark the night before. Low tide=huge expanse of muck between us and open water. We camped here after being flagged down by a semi-clothed Commodore Cook, and after Oft. and JLP were almost fatally stuck in the muck in Lake Ingraham, after being abandoned by Cook. Great adventure, hard day.	20 Clubhouse campsite from the muck before loadout
21 2-22-09 Headed Home all alive and well

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LOOKS like fun. BUT ARE YOU SURE YOU THREE HAVE ALL YOUR MARBELS ???? WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN ALONG---YOU PADDLING OF COURSE LOVE YA MOM
- GIGI | EVERGLADES FEB.2009, Wed, 25 Feb 2009 8:49AM

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