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Felipe Behrens
Feb 26, 20233 min read
Part 3 Jun. 27th - Day 11 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
The rain drizzled throughout the night. I had to wake up and bring down the rain fly, but once the rain stopped it got very hot and...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 25, 20232 min read
Part 3 Jun. 26th - Day 10 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
The two boats on the beach last night were day campers as well and made for some afternoon company. They set up a barbecue grill and...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Part 3 Jun. 25th - Day 9 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
Yesterday afternoon I had a chat with Lourdes’ husband who runs the kayak business. He was an American with a Nordic Scandinavian...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 23, 20234 min read
Part 2 Jun. 8th - Day 10 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
After hearing yesterday’s bear story from the kayaker I decided to hang all my food in a bag over a tree limb about eight feet off the...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Part 2 Jun. 7th - Day 9 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
First sunny day of the journey. Not a cloud in the sky this morning, and as I looked towards the southeast down the middle of the Georgia...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Part 2 Jan. 12th - Day 23 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
The river camp was fantastic. The showers were warm, the toilets clean and the bug screened enclosures even had a plug outlet for me to...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Part 2 Jan. 11th - Day 22 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
The put-in point down from big shoals was down a steep moss-covered embankment, and there was hardly enough space by the water to stand...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 19, 20234 min read
Part 2 Jan. 10th - Day 21-Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
There are so many twisted trees, roots and logs in the river channel that my imagination sometimes gives character to their odd shapes....
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 18, 20236 min read
Part 2 Jan. 9th - Day 20 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
My phone rang me awake. People were calling me. They saw that I deviated from the planned route through the swamp and wanted to know what...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 17, 20234 min read
Part 2 Jan. 8th - Day 19 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
Today sucked. I obtained the overnight permit to cross the Okefenokee Swamp two days ago and thought I had been clear with whomever I had...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 16, 20234 min read
Part 2 Jun. 6th - Day 8 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Yesterday I covered thirty-two miles. No wonder I felt exhausted. I took things a little easier today and went at a leisurely pace until...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 14, 20234 min read
PART 3 - CALM SEAS & HEADWINDS - Jun. 24th - Day 8 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
I was fortunate the tide did not reach me last night. A couple of waves came close enough for me to hear the rushing water soaking up by...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 13, 20233 min read
Part 2 Jun. 5th - Day 7 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Again, the sea this morning was calm like a mountain lake. Not even a slight puff of wind, and the clouds were hanging low and covering...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Part 2 Jun. 4th - Day 6 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I crossed into Canada! Conditions on the San Juan strait were dead calm, and the only undulations over the water came from tidal currents...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 8, 20233 min read
Part 2 Jun. 3rd - Day 5 - The San Juan Islands - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
There’s nothing that soaks your will to start your day in the morning more than waking up in your tent and hearing the rain pouring....
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 7, 20237 min read
Part 2 Jun. 2nd - Day 4 - Deception Pass - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I wondered if this morning I should do a visual inspection of Deception Pass from the Bridge that crosses the strait to see what I was...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Part 2 Jun. 1st - Day 3 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Last night after I had set up camp, a group of folks at the adjacent campsite offered me beans and tortillas for dinner. I gladly...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 5, 20234 min read
Part 2 May. 31st - Day 2 - Launch Day! - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
David was right. The front desk lady was extremely accommodating. She put the kayak in their ballroom and acted though my needs were...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 4, 20233 min read
PART 2 - SEATTLE TO HERIOT BAY -May. 30th - Day 1 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I took an uber to the Miami airport. My flight was delayed for three hours, because of heavy afternoon downpours, and would not be in...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 3, 20233 min read
Part 1 May. 29th - Departure Day - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Covid complicated things for the days before departure. I had rented my house for the two months I’d be traveling, the renter had already...
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