{"id":5609,"date":"2016-01-27T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2019-03-06T21:24:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T02:24:25","slug":"everglades-sail-kayak-trip-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2016\/everglades-sail-kayak-trip-2016","title":{"rendered":"Everglades Sail Kayak Trip 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This was my\u00a0twentieth\u00a0trip (!) to the Everglades<\/strong> and as always it was eventful. I was accompanied by my <strong>Brother Mark from Sacramento<\/strong>. We headed out on a beautiful day but storm warnings were on the horizon. [<a href=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/everglades\/2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gallery<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5611\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-leaving.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-leaving\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-leaving.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-leaving-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-leaving-374x250.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This map shows our planned four night route and what actually happened! The third day it rained several inches and behind the front came <strong>40mph winds!<\/strong> We made the best of it and sheltered in place at <strong>Watson Place<\/strong> on our last night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5614\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-route-north-2016.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-route-north-2016\" width=\"600\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-route-north-2016.jpg 822w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-route-north-2016-150x134.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-route-north-2016-280x250.jpg 280w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-route-north-2016-768x685.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also pieced together a <strong>seven\u00a0minute video<\/strong> with clips from both our cameras. [Note there is mild profanity.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZmVV3yNQyZI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5613\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sailing.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-sailing\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sailing.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sailing-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sailing-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first day was a lazy sail out to <strong>Rabbit Key<\/strong> where we camped on the point under arching mangroves. There were signs everywhere of the recent <strong>super high tide<\/strong> that flooded parts of Everglades City. On the plus side, the campsite and beaches had been &#8220;enriched&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5617\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-flooding.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-flooding\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-flooding.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-flooding-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-flooding-374x250.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We took a walk around the island and enjoyed the evening breeze on our first night. [click image for large panorama]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key-pano.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5618 size-full\" title=\"click to enlarge\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-rabbit-key\" width=\"600\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key-150x33.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key-400x88.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5619\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key-sunset.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-rabbit-key-sunset\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key-sunset.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key-sunset-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-rabbit-key-sunset-374x250.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second day we sailed around the outside of <strong>Pavilion Key<\/strong> (a place I&#8217;d never been). By the time we got there the wind had risen to 20mph out of the southeast and became a direct headwind, so we landed, took down the sails and ate lunch. We then peddled the six miles or so across <strong>Chatham Bend<\/strong> to <strong>Mormon Key<\/strong>. Since the wind was still adverse and no one was there we decided to stay. We had another pleasant evening and watched a band of <strong>Brown Pelicans<\/strong> circling and diving [see video].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5622 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-mormon-key.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-mormon-key\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-mormon-key.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-mormon-key-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-mormon-key-400x100.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next day started out grey as we headed up the <strong>Chatham River<\/strong> with the incoming tide. We stopped at the <strong>Watson Place<\/strong> for the requisite photo by the <strong>sugar cane caldron<\/strong> and met three fishermen who said they&#8217;d be staying there. [Notice how overgrown it is!]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5623\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-watson-place.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-watson-place\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-watson-place.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-watson-place-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-watson-place-374x250.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just before we got to <strong>Sweetwater Chickee<\/strong> the heavens let loose a deluge. Everything was wet, Wet, WET!! Fortunately it was still reasonably warm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5624\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-wet-kayaker.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-wet-kayaker\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-wet-kayaker.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-wet-kayaker-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-wet-kayaker-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0is the first time in twenty trips I&#8217;ve had to <strong>make camp during a storm<\/strong>. We tied the tent down <strong>before<\/strong> we put it up and added extra lines to keep the poles\u00a0from bending too far. One useful insight, <strong>we put the ground cloth (which was mostly dry) on the inside<\/strong> so we had a dry floor to spread out our stuff. Once we were inside laying on our pads it was quite comfortable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5625\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-chickee.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-sweetwater-chickee\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-chickee.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-chickee-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-chickee-374x250.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By evening the storm had passed and we enjoyed a nice moonrise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5635 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-moonrise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-moonrise.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-moonrise-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-moonrise-167x250.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the morning the wind had shifted to the north\u00a0and intensified.<\/strong> As we were preparing to leave we had a visitor, an <strong>Immature Brown Pelican<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5627\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-visitor.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-sweetwater-visitor\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-visitor.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-visitor-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-sweetwater-visitor-374x250.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were too busy to take any pictures, but the short story is <strong>we turned back after a quarter mile on the first big bay<\/strong>. It was serious wind and our boats were being <strong>high-centered<\/strong> and turned by every other wave. (With the ends out of the water the rudder stops working!) We retreated back down the Chatham to shelter at <strong>Watson Place<\/strong>. It turned out the three fishermen were just the advanced guard of a group of nine friends over from Jupiter for their annual getaway. Nice guys! They gave us beer and leftover BBQ pork. We had another <strong>Brown Pelican<\/strong> visit us, this time a gorgeous mature adult\u00a0[see video].\u00a0[click image for large panorama]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-watson-place-pano.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5638 size-full\" title=\"click to enlarge\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-watson-place-2.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-watson-place-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-watson-place-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-watson-place-2-150x37.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/everglades-2016-watson-place-2-400x99.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next day was long but uneventful. The wind had died back to something manageable and we crossed the big bays without incident. My brother was a bit anxious to be off the water so we returned by the <strong>Turner River<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Chokoloskee Canal<\/strong>. I was reminded of why I avoid that route, two tour boats almost ran us over! Ironic that the most dangerous part of this trip turned out to be the last two miles!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5629\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-terns.jpg\" alt=\"everglades-2016-terns\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-terns.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-terns-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/everglades-2016-terns-374x250.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was my\u00a0twentieth\u00a0trip (!) to the Everglades and as always it was eventful. I was accompanied by my Brother Mark from Sacramento. We headed out on a beautiful day but storm warnings were on the horizon. [Gallery] This map shows our planned four night route and what actually happened! The third day it rained several &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2016\/everglades-sail-kayak-trip-2016\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Everglades Sail Kayak Trip 2016&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,14,10,30],"tags":[438,437],"class_list":["post-5609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-everglades","category-photography","category-travel","category-video","tag-brown-pelican","tag-royal-tern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5609"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8230,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions\/8230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}