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| 05/17/2002 | 08/01/2011 | 15 - How to kayak - keeping your kayak from capsizing - High and Low Braces - Staying on top of your kayak. |
| 06/07/2001 | 07/05/2011 | 06 - Kayak instruction and training - Where to get instruction and training about sea kayaks. |
| 06/27/2011 | 06/27/2011 | MD - Stemmers Run - 2011/06/25 - 8.2 miles - Three miles south of the Stemmers Run boat ramp is a beautiful shallow creek full of heron, bald eagles, ducks, red wing blackbirds, tuckahoe, pickerel and American lotus. |
| 07/23/2001 | 06/27/2011 | 08 - Kayak Trip Reports - Reports on sea kayak trips, including descriptions, pictures and resources. |
| 06/07/2001 | 06/22/2011 | Tides, Weather, Winds, Surf, Water, Fishing and Road Conditions - Know before you go! - Observations and predictions on weather, tides, winds, wave heights for planning a kayak trip. |
| 06/21/2011 | 06/21/2011 | 26 - Basic Kayak Kit for every paddle - What should you carry every time you go paddling? |
| 06/07/2001 | 06/21/2011 | 02 - Basics - Just getting started? Here are some basics. |
| 12/24/2005 | 06/20/2011 | Movies and picture themes - Movies made from kayak trip photos and slide shows set to music. |
| 12/20/2006 | 06/05/2011 | Lighting and Visibility for kayaks at night - Kayaks are required to have emergency lights and lights for operation at night. Being visible is a good thing. Here are some options. |
| 05/28/2011 | 06/04/2011 | VA - Mattaponi Water Trail from Aylett - 2011/05/13 - 9 miles - A misty day in a green world, we paddled upstream from Aylett on the Mattaponi river. |
| 03/29/2011 | 06/01/2011 | Tarp - CGear Sand Free Multimat - Sometimes you see a piece of equipment used in another context and think, "That would work well for kayaking." Sometimes it works out brilliantly. Sometimes its a disaster. Sometimes the result is mixed as it was in this case.
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| 12/29/2007 | 05/10/2011 | FL - John Pennekamp State Park - 2007/12/04 to 2007/12/09 - John Pennekamp State Park is best known as a snorkeling and dive area. But with a kayak vendor and a set of marked trails plus quick access to the Florida Bay, it is a good kayaking destination as well. |
| 10/19/2003 | 04/13/2011 | UT - Lake Powell - 2003/09/07 to 2003/10/14 - Paddling in the Desert - 28 days - 700 miles - Kayak Lake Powell, where varnished red rock, sapphire skies, emerald water, contrast and controversy meet in a great fresh water lake in the arid Utah desert. Come along on a one month journey to explore the lake and its canyons. |
| 02/01/2002 | 03/29/2011 | 11 - Equipment of Interest - Down to earth information on various kayaking equipment as used by avid kayakers on a regular basis. |
| 03/16/2011 | 03/20/2011 | FL - Fort Lauderdale New River - 2011/02/26 - 12 miles - Fort Lauderdale, the Venice of America, is the winter port for the uber rich and their mega yachts. One of the deepest ports on the east coast it is a major hub for cruise ships plying the Carribean. I paddled through the harbor and up New River through the heart of the city. |
| 03/06/2011 | 03/20/2011 | FL - Fort Lauderdale - Bill Keith Park to Dania Canal - 2011/02/25 - 8.0 miles - From a neighborhood pocket park I paddled up New River then over to connect with the Dania canal, returning to the park after a four hour paddle among mega yachts and a surprise encounter with a manatee. |
| 11/10/2004 | 03/10/2011 | BC - Vancouver Island Part 6 - Zeballos, Port Alice, Port Hardy, Victoria and back to the U.S.A. - The last of our trip was a car adventure over Vancouver's secondary roads to the western fiords and up the main highway to the north end of Vancouver Island. We then returned to Victoria and caught the ferry to Washington's Olympic Peninsula. |
| 02/06/2007 | 02/13/2011 | FL - Alexander Springs - 2007/01/16 - 12.8 miles - Alexander Springs Florida is another of the numerous springs that have been developed as a state recreational park. The park is a place for swimmers. But downstream of the spring is a beautiful fourteen mile run of nearly untouched waterway of rushes, lilies, oaks and palms. |
| 04/05/2003 | 02/13/2011 | FL - Juniper Springs - 2003/01/18 - 14 miles - This 7 mile upstream route in the run-off channel of an enormous spring will amaze you with its beautiful crystal clear waters twisting in and out of live oak and sable palms. At its head you will see volcanos of sand erupting from the shallow bottom and a deep pool of blue water. This magnificent trip ends with a blazing ride back to the starting point. |
| 06/03/2007 | 02/12/2011 | UT - Green River - 04/05/03 to 04/05/06 - Part 2 - Fort Bottom to Spanish Bottom - After a layover day hiking at Fort Bottom, we are back in our kayaks on the Green River, Utah. We day hike to the Maze in Canyonlands before our final takeout at Spanish Bottom and return by jet boat up the Colorado and back to Moab, Utah. |
| 11/27/2010 | 11/27/2010 | VA - Chickahominy River - 2010/11/11 to 2010/11/14 - An aborted trip to False Cape Virginia is turned into a marvelous weekend on the Chickahominy River near Jamestown, Virginia. Beautiful fall colors and stately cypress fill four days with beauty. |
| 06/09/2008 | 11/27/2010 | MD - Cedar Creek - 2008/05/30 to 2008/06/01 - 11.9 miles, 9.1 miles - Follow the twisting leads of Cedar Creek in a circuit ramble through the deep eastern shore marsh in Maryland. Another creek heads west into the marsh from Toddville - watch out for the low bridge however. |
| 01/11/2008 | 11/27/2010 | Bahamas - Exuma Islands - 2008/03/05 to 2008/03/15 - Getting ready - Kayak in clear water of incredible shades of turquoise over sugar white sand. The Exuma Islands of the Bahamas have 365 different islands - one for each day of the year. Come see the Exumas and feel alright! |
| 12/16/2005 | 11/27/2010 | MX - Espiritu Santo - 2003/04/12 - Dances with Squid - Espiritu Santo and La Partida circumnavigation in 4 days by kayak. |
| 11/05/2010 | 11/05/2010 | NY - Erie Canal - 2010/09/27 to 2010/09/30 - 45 miles - Plans to paddle the second half of the Erie Canal by J1 and J2 is shortened by a fast moving hurricane remnant sweeping up the east coast. |
| 10/22/2010 | 10/27/2010 | MD - Nanticoke River - 2010/10/07 - Just north of Vienna, MD on the Nanticoke are several small creeks and a marshy area that make a great half day paddle on my way to the Virginia Barrier Island for Columbus Day weekend. |
| 03/03/2006 | 07/18/2010 | Gear List and Float Plan - Gear List and Float Plan (PDF) |
| 11/24/2001 | 07/18/2010 | Maps, Charts and Coastal Images - The NOS MapFinder service provides "one stop shopping" for images and data from a number of National Ocean Service (NOS) offices |
| 05/31/2010 | 06/01/2010 | MD - Patapsco River - 2010/05/30 - Middle Fork - A short paddle starts on the Baltimore harbor amidst the floating garbage of a mega city but soon transitions to a surprisingly wild and life filled paddled up a pleasant river. |
| 05/06/2010 | 05/29/2010 | SC - Congaree National Park - 2010/04/01 - 2010/04/03 - Congaree National Park contains the largest old growth flood plain forest on the continent. Here are the second tallest deciduous trees in the world. Sweet gum, tupelo and cypress as high as a 14 story building tower over the moist soil of the frequently inundated forest floor. Loblolly pines go even higher, reaching 165 feet. |