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Felipe Behrens
Jan 20, 20234 min read
Part 2 Jun. 23rd - Day 7 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
Last night I tried to sleep with only half the rainfly on to keep the air a bit cooler. That worked out well, until around 3:00am when I...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 19, 20233 min read
Part 2 Jan. 7th - Day 18 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
Another very cold night. In the morning I noticed that the water level on the river rose considerably . The small river beach I landed...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Part 2 Jan. 6th - Day 17 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
Last night was the coldest yet. I got fully dressed and used one more of my hot pocket hand warmers which I tossed inside my socks. I did...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 17, 20233 min read
Part 2 Jan. 5th - Day 16 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
A cold front moved through in the night, and through the early morning hours all I could hear was rain and wind. I wondered if that would...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 16, 20233 min read
PART 2 - THE FLORIDA CROSSING - Jan. 4th - Day 15 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
St Marys has a long boardwalk along the riverfront pier with many shops, bars, and restaurants. Business and tourism must be booming;...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Part 1 May. 26th - 4 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Fate sometimes throws potholes on your life’s road. Last weekend I started feeling a sore throat ache. At first, I thought I had...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 12, 20234 min read
Part 2 Jun. 22nd - Day 6 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
The wind really picked up early today. This northwest corner of Puerto Rico juts out slightly north from the rest of the island, and so...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 8, 20235 min read
Part 1 Jan. 3rd - Day 14 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
At 5:30am I was awakened by a flash of headlights and the sound of a car engine. “Shit!” I thought. Park rangers doing an early walk...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 7, 20234 min read
Part 1 Jan. 2nd - Day 13 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
Yesterday one of the boaters strolling on the beach had a small dog with her. This morning I laid some of my gear on a small ground bush...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 6, 20233 min read
Part 1 Jan. 1st - Day 12 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
New Years! The inlet is far enough from St Augustine that any fireworks were barely audible. It was a clear night with a full view of the...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 4, 20236 min read
Part 1 Dec. 31st - Day 11 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
Early last night was warm. It felt like it would be a night I would sleep naked on the air mattress and leave the rain fly doors open to...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 3, 20233 min read
Part 1 Dec. 30th - Day 10 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
Ponce Inlet is a pleasant spot like Peanut Island, but here the island is deserted and has a wide beach where the sand is so fine my feet...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 24, 20225 min read
Part 2 Jun. 21st - Day 5 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
I don’t think I can remember the last time I camped somewhere so hot and humid as last night. My skin felt like it was covered with...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 23, 20224 min read
Part 2 Jun. 20th - Day 4 - Launch Day! - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
It was the perfect start for the journey; the wind was mild, the ocean was calm, and the sky was slightly overcast, however, I knew that...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 22, 20224 min read
Part 2 Jun. 19th - Day 3 - Dress Rehearsal Day - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
I got up at 5am to put the boat on the water with all the gear and get some rolling practice. The wind was much calmer which gave me a...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 21, 20224 min read
Part 2 Jun. 18th - Day 2 - San Juan - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
Oh, what a busy day today was… At 6:00am I took a morning walk on the beach; the wind was indeed much calmer, but the waves looked about...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 20, 20223 min read
PART 2 - SAN JUAN & THE NORTH COAST - Jun. 17th - Day 1 - Arrival in San Juan
The flight from Miami to San Juan took off on schedule. It was packed, but I was assigned a window seat and I passed the time looking...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Part 1 May. 22nd - 7 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
It hardly felt like it, but in a week, I would be pushing with my kayak from a boat ramp in Seattle. My mind began to shift from thinking...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 9, 20225 min read
Part 1 May. 7th - 21 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I was reading a book about the ancient Greek Myths when I came across the story of Hephaestus (Vulcan if you prefer his Roman name). He...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 8, 20224 min read
Part 1 May. 1st - 28 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
When I paddled around Puerto Rico, I had a few close calls with reefs and submerged rocks. On more than one occasion I was surprised by a...
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