4.4.08 3:00pm

Lots to update since last time:

Yesterday left the canal and entered into Lake Worth, it was very windy. Paddled until about 5:30, 6:00 with no word back from the marina I was interested in staying, I decided to stay at an island I found called Hunters Island which looked nice. I circled and found the best spot, facing west, left my batteries to charge up a bit with my solar panel. I then cruised over to another island to try to find a place to set up my hammock. I found a great spot on a teeny little island, went back, got my solar panels…I set up and secured the boat, found out that it was new moon today, and there was an extremely high tide, started to worry my island was going to disappear. Fortunately it didn’t and I made it through another night! Now I am resting on Jupiter Island, its 3pm I have been paddling all day. Came through the rest of Lake Worth today… I passed Peanut Island which was cool; Kennedy had his fall out shelter there. The water there was real clear. I finally saw one of those big sharks; it must have been four feet or so. I am pretty exhausted, I might rest for an hour or so but then I’m going to try to paddle some more….

I am happy to have officially have left Southern Florida!

4.3.08 12:01pm ET

Dear Diary,
I woke up this morning just before sunrise at about 6:30am after a pretty good night sleep I felt rested and ready to go. Packed up my things and got on the water by 7. I hugged the east side of the bank all morning and stayed in shallow water. It was very clear; I looked down and saw many fish although I don’t know what kinds, a big turtle, lots of egrets and a great blue heron! I did another 13 miles this morning and I am here taking a break in Del Ray and trying to make it to Palm Beach by tonight.

I was just forwarded a very interesting email about a site that you should check out called miami2maine.com you can read about a woman who paddled a canoe on a very similar path as I am.

It is another beautiful day and I will keep floating on...

You dont have to worry about me mom

I experienced a very unexpected random act of kindness today while lounging in a park taking a nap. A very nice couple, Ed and Edna. We talked for quite some time. Ed is a fellow paddler and had some great advice about the local area and they were kind enough to bring me juicy local navel oranges, plums and jerky as well as a great water supply that will last for days. It was very thoughtful of them and very touching. Thank you Ed and Edna!

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.
Click here to see my current location!

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.


Dictated but not read...
Seth

4.2.08 9:15am ET

Hello, I wanted to formally introduce myself as the "blogger" I will be using this forum to dictate everything Seth has to say about his journey so nothing from the trip will be "lost in translation"

From Seth:
"I have had a lot of requests to be added to the list to receive the g-maps link which is awesome! Unfortunately, it turns out the device can’t accommodate all the addresses. So to avoid playing favorites and leaving anyone out what I’m going to do is post the the most recent link of my location at the top of each blog entry."

Click here to see Seth's current location!
Latitude:26.0144
Longitude:-80.1218
Nearest Location: Polk St, Hollywood, FL, US
Distance: 0 km(s)
Time:04/01/2008 22:19:25 (GMT)

Starting location: Key Biscayne, Florida
Starting Date: 4.1.08
Starting Time: 8:45am ET

Departure

Its 8:45am and I got all packed up, boat seems to be riding well, put it in for a test spin around the harbor, then it started to rain which I thought was a little ominous but following that a beautiful rainbow appeared which I figured was a better sign!

Thank you everyone for your support so far. I cant believe this day has finally come! I have equal amounts of nervousness and excitement.