Video Blog: Canoeing in the Everglades
A 2-minute video of a 3 hour canoe trip in the Florida Everglades .
After the saltwater flats, my favorite place to fish is among the mangroves. Mosquitos and saltwater crocs be damned. Their tangled underwater root system and structures create an environment and ecosystem unlike any other in the world, and present very unique challenges to fishing. The mangrove ecosystem 101 Mangroves live along shores, rivers, and estuaries in…
One thing I learned through years of travel, you can’t see it all. Even if you spend a year backpacking aimlessly across Europe, from July 1984 to June 1985, which I did after four years in the US Navy. what I discovered is that you can’t possibly see, enjoy or experience it all, so you…
Well, the Alaska expedition and fishing trip is less than a month away (leave on June 6th). Today I did a near final inventory of my gear. I have 95% what I need in this video, not included in the video are some basic items such as toiletries, meds, underwear and my outerwear jackets, etc….
With a full-time population of about 30 people, I have been in Starbucks more crowded than The Forks, ME. (google maps). People come here for the Kennebec River, for fishing, rafting and ford moose. I came to this corner of northern Maine on the Kennebec River to catch some native brook trout and landlocked salmon…
This is the third in a series (see posts East Berlin and Bulgaria). In 1993, my pregnant wife and I were Caught smuggling Kilim rugs and a tea set at border crossing between Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. We spent a day in Cuidad del Este in Paraguay and crossed the…
Three months to go and time to double check gear and supplies, finalize logistics and budgets. prior to the trip I will post full gear and budgets. for itinerary see. Gear & Supplies fly fishing gear and fishing clothes back country gear and clothing first aid and emergency supplies (including bear safety) Sat communications and…