Entries from August 2009

August 31, 2009

More Eyewitnesses and a little help!

So I posted this YouTube video from my first trip in my new kayak this summer.  I got an interesting comment on it today:
dude i fish out there all the time you look like you are out at arrowhead. I see tons of gators back there you just arent in the right spot. the second [...]

August 27, 2009

Gator Hunting Winding Down

Looks like I’m going to have to give up on finding a gator is 2009. Weather is turning cooler earlier, and with the nights now normally going well below 70 degrees, gators will be hunkering down for the winter. Finding a sleeping and hiding gator isn’t going to be easy… but it isn’t [...]

August 24, 2009

Twilight isn’t just for Vampires anymore.

Got a text during church from my usual canoe buddy about taking the boats out today. So I got permission and cleared it with everyone and went out, perhaps a little latter then I like.
Did the stretch from Ryland Pike down to Little Cove Road. Normally I do the stretch from 72 to [...]

August 23, 2009

Going canoeing

Going canoeing. Click on where I am to follow my trip.
Trip over. Can still click to see the route.

August 2, 2009

Kids are Amazing Creatures

Kids are pretty amazing. I took my kids out for a day on the river, and they went along fairly happily. We went down to a place on the Tennessee river where I spent a few hours in a cave hiding from a thunder storm a few weeks ago. The kids wanted to see the [...]