Woke up at 5 before the alarm. Took the extra time to drink a second cup of coffee and look at maps. I figured 18 miles.

Final sunrise with all the equipment out in front.

Final sunrise with all the equipment out in front.

I took the first hour pretty easy, enjoying it, yelling up at people on ships. Here’s a video of the Maersk Matsuyama, obviously a Japanese ship and crew–but it’s port of call was Panama.

Cirrostratus clouds kept it cool, but it looked like it might rain, so I kicked it up and decided I’d sprint in. I’m glad I did. It felt great.

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It also began to pour down the last straight about 10 minutes after I reached my final destination…Those wooden steps above. I climbed up and talked to the people around. Pulled out my gear and brought up the kayak onto the levee.

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Jeremy was there 20 minutes later and went back to his place so I could shower up. He, his fiance whitney, and I went out and had some DatDog. And we’ve eaten pizza! Chris and Lauren are here, Kyle on the way. Excited to finish! will update more later.

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