4.2.08 11:58am ET

11:25am ET Distance 43 1/2 miles, average pace 3.8 miles an hour, max 10.2 mph

Last night was a little rough, after paddling for hours and hours up the canal with 4 feet sea walls on each side. I finally found a marina with public boat launches similar to what I left from in the morning. Several of the slips were being worked on and were blocked in by a barge- there was just enough room for me to put my kayak in between. Once I slipped my boat in and tied it up, it was basically protected like a little harbor, with the barge protecting my boat from wakes.

Wasn't any great place to set up shelter so I opted to sleep under the stars. It was a little chilly, windy and I was a little nervous about being unprotected. I woke up at 4:30am because I couldn't sleep anymore and got on the water by 5am. I just did 5 1/2 more hours and 17 miles.

I just found a nice little beach at a public park, there is a sign that says the name, but I'm too tired to go down and see what it says. I plan on taking a nap, I pulled my kayak up by some rocks, there is a bridge a little ways up so there shouldn't be any wake concerns for my boat.
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Today has been a lot like yesterday afternoon because I have been paddling in a canal which is not very wide while yesterday morning when there was a lot more open water. When the big boats come back and forth, they create a bathtub effect and I get jostled which is fun. This one guy must have passed me 6 times, I don't know what he was doing. I noticed this other guy that was fishing from his boat and he was using bait that was as big as my forearm! Maybe he was going after some of those upriver sharks I have heard about!

Lots of new pictures are up! Make sure to check them out here! They are in no order whatsoever so use your Nancy Drew skills to figure out the chronology.

I hope to do 8 more miles today after I rest, so I can get to 50 and continue with a 25 mile pace.


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Seth