Steinhatchee, a drinking town with a fishing problem.
We are in Steinhatchee for the day and will be leaving in the morning. It's been a delightful stay while waiting out the gale force winds and small craft advisories. Tomorrow promises 5 mph winds from the north...pushing us to the next stop at Sink Creek.
We've made friends with Liz Sparks, the woman who created and supervises the Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail. We initially spent a lot of time on the phone talking logistics. I mentioned that I would like to meet her on the trail. She also wanted to get video footage of people using the trail for use in promotional presentations. She previously hiked into one of the camps to do some video and brought hot coffee and breakfast! What an angel. She'll be here tomorrow morning with a videographer and will meet us in the afternoon at camp. It should be a fun day.
We're staying in a motel as there aren't campsites in town. The first words from the owners mouth when we told him about the journey was "What bet did you all lose? There ain't nothin' on my bucket list that comes any where close to what y'all are doing." He's a great guy with a big heart and soon took us out to the American Legion hall for drinks.
I must say that after only a week the showers at the motel were very welcome. And the warm bed seems like a luxury after the (literally) freezing temperatures in the tent. It's been cold! We started off without drysuits. It was sunny and we had left them in the car to save space in the boats. Bad decision. Getting out of the boats wet and shivering at the end of the day got old fast. We managed to get our suits courtesy of Captain Mike and are much happier. We could not have done some of the paddling we did without them.
Distance: 0
High 70, Low who cares -we're in a motel!
Wind 25-30, gusts to 40, overcast some rain
We are in Steinhatchee for the day and will be leaving in the morning. It's been a delightful stay while waiting out the gale force winds and small craft advisories. Tomorrow promises 5 mph winds from the north...pushing us to the next stop at Sink Creek.
We've made friends with Liz Sparks, the woman who created and supervises the Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail. We initially spent a lot of time on the phone talking logistics. I mentioned that I would like to meet her on the trail. She also wanted to get video footage of people using the trail for use in promotional presentations. She previously hiked into one of the camps to do some video and brought hot coffee and breakfast! What an angel. She'll be here tomorrow morning with a videographer and will meet us in the afternoon at camp. It should be a fun day.
We're staying in a motel as there aren't campsites in town. The first words from the owners mouth when we told him about the journey was "What bet did you all lose? There ain't nothin' on my bucket list that comes any where close to what y'all are doing." He's a great guy with a big heart and soon took us out to the American Legion hall for drinks.
I must say that after only a week the showers at the motel were very welcome. And the warm bed seems like a luxury after the (literally) freezing temperatures in the tent. It's been cold! We started off without drysuits. It was sunny and we had left them in the car to save space in the boats. Bad decision. Getting out of the boats wet and shivering at the end of the day got old fast. We managed to get our suits courtesy of Captain Mike and are much happier. We could not have done some of the paddling we did without them.
Distance: 0
High 70, Low who cares -we're in a motel!
Wind 25-30, gusts to 40, overcast some rain
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