Gear Reviews… Beard Care – shopping 8 Dec 20256 Oct 2025 Gift-Ready Shopping Notes Bar Soap: Cold Brew Cleanse: coffee-kissed skin that stays soft and smooth, even after long days outdoors. Shampoo: Pine Tar Shampoo: cleanses deeply, calms the skin, and…
Entertainment… πCampfire Tales for Dark Nights: Folklore from the Water 30 Oct 202515 Sep 2025 π₯The Fireβs First Crackle When the October winds sharpen and the mangroves whisper, there is no better place than the glow of a fire. We circle close, cups of hot…
Expeditions… πThe Sliding Ones 26 Oct 2025 Night three. Somewhere past Lignumvitae Key, where the chart turns vague and the islands become silhouettes in a still-burning sky. In January of 2009 we were deep into our Florida…
Cooking… πTrail Spirits Pairing: Toasting Halloween Florida style 13 Oct 202510 Oct 2025 Thereβs a saying I hold onto when the lantern burns low: food feeds the body, but drink feeds the spirit. Out on the trail, or camped in a kayak clearing…
Cooking… πππ₯Haunted Apples in the Piney Woods: A Halloween Mess Tin Feast 9 Oct 202515 Sep 2025 Florida does not give us crisp air and falling leaves in October. Instead, we get humidity that lingers like a ghost, palmetto shadows that stretch too far, and the kind…
Holiday Season… πβ Sea Scouts and Native American Day βπ 24 Sep 2025 As Skippers, we have a wonderful opportunity to help our youth connect Scoutingβs love of the water with the Native American traditions of voyagers, navigators, and storytellers. This past summer,…
Holiday Season… π Labor Day, Paddles, and the Call of the Water 1 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 When I think of Labor Day, I find myself reflecting on this past July's journey. I spent two weeks on a narrowboat threading the locks and channels of the River…
Holiday Season… π² A Father’s Rhythm: Living My Ikigai in the Wild and at Home πΏ 12 Jun 202511 Jun 2025 βοΈ The Quiet Mornings That Matter Most Some mornings, before the sun stretches over the mangroves and the cicadas begin their song, I sit in stillnessβcoffee in hand, the rhythm…
Cooking… π© Dutch Oven Donuts for International Donut Day 5 Jun 20254 Jun 2025 Celebrating a sweet piece of history with cast iron and campfire camaraderie Each first Friday of June, we celebrate International Donut Day β a holiday born from the trenches of…
Holiday Season… πΈ A Mother’s Strength: Wilderness, Love, and the Woman Beside Me πΏ 11 May 202528 May 2025 βοΈ Before the World Wakes The morning light stretches across our porch. Thereβs a hush in the palms and the slow breath of another Florida sunrise. My coffee steams.Birdsong hums…
Holiday Season… kayaking with a toddler 5 Jun 201111 Jun 2025 Kayaking is fun.Β And when a Dad can share the outdoors with their child, laughter will quickly follow. The weather is warm and more conducive to getting kids out onto…
Holiday Season slaying the water demon 23 Dec 201027 Dec 2010 The demon is dead. In the Spring of 2008 Sean and I were leading a group to Anclote Key.Β It was an overcast day and the water conditions were mild.Β …
Holiday Season Thankful Things! 23 Nov 201021 Feb 2014 Hello All, Has been a VERY Busy time lately for Jeff & I both. Between Family, work, paddling & just plain keeping up with life in general. Alot of things…
Florida Kayaking… fathers’ day reflections 21 Jun 201017 Apr 2014 I thought I knew what love was.Β I read about it.Β Did some Shakespeare, when I was younger, that dealt with the topic. (yes I did some acting).Β But mostly…
Holiday Season *Memorial Day 2010* 31 May 201021 Feb 2014 Jeff and Sean would just like to say Thank You to all those who have ever fought and died for the cause of FREEDOM! We would also like to say…