I meant to have this up as well before the trip but never got around to it. I realize that I never showed you what Squami (short for Squamish, the model) looks like in expeditionary mode. Of course she’s not as clean now, and there…
Up from a good night’s rest and going strong again. By 3ish I was 25 miles into Mt. Vernon, IN. Thats 75 miles in about 46 hours. Stopped at a cool bar called Koodie Hoo’s and ate a bunch of food. Walked outside into 90…
Woke up around 10:30 and was on the river about 12:30. I felt a little hungover from my all-nighter and didnt really get into a groove at all today with paddling. I did take the best photo ever though, of anything you’ve ever seen. Sarcasm….
If you’ve been following my last few posts you know Ive been doing more camping than kayaking the past few days. Well, while I was holed up there in the tent I came down with a case of PADDLE FEVER! I awoke at 530 as…
Inventory In an effort to be a resource for future kayakers I compiled a complete inventory of everything on the boat and on me (excluding food which will have its own post when I’m up to it) 10 days into the trip. Outside of kayak…
A big thunderstorm did roll through the ‘boro last night. Not even 10 minutes into it my tent pole snapped and the tent collapsed. So I got out in the wet and earned my junior McGuyver badge and created a nice splint for it. Very…
East of Owensboro and I found the perfect spot to weather a thunderstorm. I’m on a creek near a bunch of barge equipment. phone is low and power pack dead, so I may try to hitchhike into town and juice up and eat a meal….
I woke up from under my bridge pretty early today. I try to do it before the sun is up so I can make breakfast and begin packing and try to maximize light/cool hours that I’m paddling. Right now thats 530am if I sleep on…
Good day on the water after some rest. I probably put up 25-30 today…but I really try to not focus on the numbers. Im used to bicycle touring getting 75-80 in a day, so am never happy if I pay too close attention. Went through…
I did move down river a few miles. Soon after I awoke I heard a tractor a few yards behind my tent on the other side of the tree line and knew I couldnt comfortably relax with the noise reminding me that I could be…
Didn’t push it too hard at all today and got off the water around one. I plan to rest all day tomorrow, since everyone else will be as well. My body will appreciate it. I’ve found a nice beach across and downriver from Derby, IN….
“The Ohio River moves like old people screw”, I can hear my step dad saying. Not that there’s anything wrong with old people or slow screwing, but I’m just saying it’s slow. Without exaggeration it moves at a pace of about 1 to 1.5 miles…
Most of the interesting stuff yesterday happened after my post, so i thought it warranted another. I will try to include here my mistakes and oversights as well as my victories. I want this to be real, and don’t want to say everything is rainbows…
Posting early because I’m about to round a big bend in the river and think I wont have any service where I plan to make camp. Right now I’m sitting on a little gazebo-like structure across the water from Leavenworth, IN. Looks like someone is…