Main posts are in black (or blue if you haven’t viewed that post recently), Weekly Photo Challenges in burnt orange.
The kayaking experience
- Jubilant
- Dazzling
- Come One, Come All… to the Ghostship Ball!
- Half-Light
- Squares
- State of Mind
- Time
- Waves
- Trio
- Happy Place
- Connected
- Forces of Nature, Take Two
- Reward
- Serenity
- Mischievous
- Sparkle
- Yellow
- Travel Theme: Freedom
- Travel Theme: Strong
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Endurance
- A Kayaker’s Guide to Hitchhikers
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure!
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture
- Kayaks Under the Keel
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure
- Travel Theme: Romance
- Paddling in the Florida Dusk
- Travel Theme: Dry
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge & Travel Theme: Beginning Full of Possibilities
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Community
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand
- Travel Theme: Symbol
- Travel Theme: Connections
- At Home on the Range (of NYC Waterways)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning!
- Travel Theme: Relaxing
- Travel Theme: Through
- Travel Theme: Big
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
- Travel Theme: Beaches
- Travel Theme: Pale
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Color
- A Magical Maiden Voyage
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime!
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward
- Travel Theme: Transportation
- At Play in the Land of the Giants
- Travel Theme: Couples, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Close
- Old, Bold Paddlers
- The Kayak on the 17th Floor
- Where the Wild Rocks Are: Rock Gardening in Rhode Island
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands
- On Fear
- At the Bottom of the Food Chain
- Circumnavigating Monomoy
- I Paddle Faster at Night
Kayaking how-to
- Balance
- Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation, by David Burch
- Travel Theme: Edge
- My Kayak Photography
- So There I Was… In Maine
- Birds, Aids to Navigation
- Sculling for Support
- Where the Wild Rocks Are: Rock Gardening in Rhode Island
- Putting the “Fun” Back Into Fundamentals: Sweetwater Kayak Symposium 2012, Part Two
- Edging Into Artistry: Sweetwater Kayak Symposium 2012, Part One
- Sea Kayaker’s Deep Trouble
- Planning Kayak Trips in New York Harbor: Tide or Current?
- Kayak Sailing with Balogh Sail Designs
Kayaks and kayaking gear
- Connected
- Cardboard Kayak Race 2015: The Thrill of Victory… And the Delight of Defeat
- Hats
- Travel Theme: Minimalist
- Travel Theme: Simplify
- A Tale of Two Compasses
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers
- Cardboard Kayak Race, Redux
- Everglades Challenge: Gear We Love
- Everglades Shakedown: Challenges and Lessons Learned
- Travel Theme: Short
- Travel Theme: Connections
- The Cardboard Kayak Race
- Bigger IS Better!
- A Magical Maiden Voyage
- The Kayak on the 17th Floor
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Today
- Kayak Sailing with Balogh Sail Designs
Kayaking in and around New York City
How-to
- How Many Bridges Circumnavigating Manhattan?
- How to Paddle Through Hell Gate Against the Current
- Planning Kayak Trips in New York Harbor: Tide or Current?
- Radio Calls On the Water
- Where We Like to Land on Sandy Hook
- The Other Islands of New York City: A History and Guide, by Sharon Seitz and Stuart Miller
Trips, stories, photos
- Close
- New Jersey Weird and Wonderful
- Come One, Come All… to the Ghostship Ball!
- Half-Light
- Alphabet
- Waves
- Luminous
- Manhattan Ahead as Night Falls
- Paint, Take Two
- Paint
- We All Love the Yellow Submarine!
- Manhattan Circumnavigation at the Edge of Fall
- A Jaunt Up the Hudson
- Gentrifying Gowanus?
- Midday at the Morris Canal
- Cardboard Kayak Race 2015: The Thrill of Victory… And the Delight of Defeat
- Broken
- Reward
- Industry
- Ice in the Morris Canal
- Travel Theme: Arches
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime
- 9/11, Once Again
- Travel Theme: Orange, Take Two
- A Late-Summer Staten Island Circumnavigation
- Cardboard Kayak Race, Redux
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts, Take Two
- Where Are the Whales?
- Sandy Hook Paddle with Kayak Cowgirl
- A Paddle to the Norwalk Islands
- What a Difference Just a Few Miles Make…
- Travel Theme: Rivers
- First Sandy Hook Paddle of the Year
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
- Easter Sunday Paddle
- The Last Seal of Winter
- Travel Theme: Misty
- Finally, Liquid Water!
- Travel Theme: Yellow, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
- Before the Storm
- A Winter Manhattan Circumnavigation
- Seals & Submarine
- Staten Island Serendipity
- At Home on the Range (of NYC Waterways)
- Travel Theme: Height
- A Moonlight Manhattan Circumnavigation at the End of Summer
- A Brisk Paddle Up the Palisades
- How Many Bridges Circumnavigating Manhattan?
- Exploring Long Island Sound with 2 Geeks @ 3 Knots
- The Cardboard Kayak Race
- Travel Theme: Big
- Paddle to Long Island Sound
- Travel Theme: Architecture
- Yesterday’s Sandy Hook Paddle
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow
- What to Do with Visitors to NYC? A Round-Manhattan Paddle!
- If It’s Summer, It’s Time for a Sandy Hook Paddle!
- Sculling for Support
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
- A Perfect Summertime Manhattan Circumnavigation
- Mulberries!
- Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through My Eyes
- Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says, Take Two
- A Spring Paddle Along the Palisades
- This Year’s Visit to the Swinburne Island Seals
- A Magical Maiden Voyage
- First NYC Paddle Since Sandy!
- Travel Theme: Bridges
- A Word A Week Challenge: Industrial
- Travel Theme: Walls
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond
- A Word A Week Photo Challenge — Cloud
- Last Manhattan Circumnavigation of 2012
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise
- Kayaking Through the Gowanus Canal on the Eve of Sandy
- Travel Theme: Mystical
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Big
- Paddling down the Hudson at Sunset…
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far, Take Two
- Travel Theme: Curves
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Close
- “Just Another Day in Paradise”
- … And Once More Round Staten Island
- The Ships of Arthur Kill
- … And Once More to Long Island Sound
- … And Once More to Sandy Hook
- On Fear
- Once More Round Manhattan
- At the Bottom of the Food Chain
- Seals and Swells on Sunday
- A Quiet Springtime Manhattan Circumnavigation
- Sea Kayaker’s Deep Trouble
- “A Bizarre Boating Accident”
- Seals Revisited
- Red Hook: An Unexpected Adventure
- A Winter Paddle Around Manhattan
- Last Sandy Hook Kayak Trip of 2011
- Kayaking Photo Highlights of 2011
- Paddling to Manhattan Island: A Photoessay
- “It’s All About the Joy”
- A Late-Fall Paddle Along the Palisades
- Art At, On, and In the Water: The Marine Art of New York Harbor
- Radio Calls On the Water
- Happy Birthday Bayonne Bridge!
- Three Paddling Photo Winners
- Touched By Fire: An Early-Autumn Kayak Trip Along the Palisades
- An Exciting Manhattan Circumnavigation
- Where We Like to Land on Sandy Hook
- Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Dangers of Sandy Hook
- Kayak Trip: Manhattan—Sandy Hook
- Twin Towers
- Recycled Adventures: Urban Kayaking, New York City
- Name That Lighthouse!
- NYC’s Toxic Waterways, Trip Three: The Bronx River Attempt
- The Other Islands of New York City: A History and Guide, by Sharon Seitz and Stuart Miller
- Kayaking Up Close With Barges: A Photoessay
- In Hidden Corners of New York Harbor: Three Treasures
- Where the Wild Things Are: Kayaking with Marine Mammals in New York City
Kayak trips farther afield
- Doi Nomazi
- On the Way
- Paddling Cape Ann
- Kayaking Maine’s Western Rivers
- So There I Was… In Maine
- Travel Theme: Dry
- Weekly Photo Challenge & Travel Theme: Beginning Full of Possibilities
- We’re Back!
- Boundary Conditions: Exploring the Hudson River in Autumn
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
- Travel Theme: Stones
- A Paddle Among the Islands
- The Dry Salvages
- We’re Back!
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
- Where We Are Not…
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Green, Take Two
- Kayak Camping in the Hudson River Islands State Park
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Complete!
- Where the Wild Rocks Are: Rock Gardening in Rhode Island
- Kayaking Gold on Cape Cod Bay
- Reflections, Take Two
- Paddling Out to Block Island
- Sea Kayaker’s Deep Trouble
- Circumnavigating Monomoy
- Recycled Adventures: A Winter Kayak Trip on Cape Cod, With Whale
- Kayaking Photo Highlights of 2011
- Sea Kayaking Adventures in New England: A Few Photos to Start With
- The Sun and the Rain: Kayaking down the Hudson from Albany to New York City
- Recycled Adventures: A Kayak Sail along the New England Coast
Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation 2012
- Time
- Land Meets Water
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand
- Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour
- A Word A Week Photo Challenge — Cloud, Take Two
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 10—Homeward Bound!
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 9—High Water Beach
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 8—Independence Day
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 7—Around Orient Point
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 6—Across the Forks
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 5—Around Montauk Point
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 4—To Shinnecock Inlet
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 3—Along Fire Island
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 2—Jones Inlet to the Fire Islands
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 1—Off to The Rockaways!
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Prelude
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Complete!
- Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day Seven
- Wild, Wonderful Long Island—Thus Far
Everglades Challenge preparation and race, 2013-2014
- Jubilant
- Dazzling
- Dinnertime
- State of Mind
- Happy Place
- Wind
- Tangle
- Hats
- Forces of Nature, Take Two
- Mischievous
- Sparkle
- Travel Theme: Minimalist
- Travel Theme: Freedom
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Endurance
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure!
- Everglades Challenge, Reflections: What Worked, What Didn’t
- Birds, Aids to Navigation
- Everglades Challenge, Segment 6: Flamingo to Key Largo
- Everglades Challenge, Segment 5: Highland Beach to Flamingo
- Everglades Challenge, Segment 4: Indian Key to Highland Beach
- Everglades Challenge, Segment 3: Magic Key to Indian Key
- Everglades Challenge, Segment 2: Cape Haze to Magic Key
- Everglades Challenge, Segment 1: Fort De Soto to Cape Haze
- Everglades Challenge, the Days Before: Preparation and Gear Check
- Everglades Challenge: Gear We Love
- Everglades Challenge, Overview
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
- Travel Theme: Tempting
- We Made It!!
- And We’re Off to the Everglades Challenge!
- Everglades Shakedown, Day 6: Headwinds and Homelessness
- Everglades Shakedown, Day 5: Navigating the Shallows
- Everglades Shakedown, Day 4: Portage, Paddling in the Pitch Dark, and Fending Off Furious Crows
- Everglades Shakedown, Day 3: Wind, Waves, and Chickees
- Everglades Shakedown, Day 2: Barking Vultures, Beaches, and Bugs
- Everglades Shakedown, Day 1: Headwinds and Night Navigation
- Everglades Shakedown: Challenges and Lessons Learned
- Shakedown Kayak Expedition Through the Florida Everglades: Overview
- We’re Back!
- Friendly Creatures: Kayak Camping in Florida, Part 2
- Friendly Creatures: Kayak Camping in Florida, Part 1
- We’re Back!
Kayak camping
- Refreshing
- Travel Theme: Simplify
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
- Everglades Shakedown: Challenges and Lessons Learned
- Boundary Conditions: Exploring the Hudson River in Autumn
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning!
- Travel Theme: Relaxing
- Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV
- Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Home, Take Two
- Travel Theme: Transportation
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Green, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside, Take Two
- The Sun and the Rain: Kayaking down the Hudson from Albany to New York City
Kayak races
- Oops!
- Victory
- Cardboard Kayak Race 2015: The Thrill of Victory… And the Delight of Defeat
- Laughter
- I Did It!
- Cardboard Kayak Race, Redux
- Paddling Cape Ann
- And We’re Off to the Everglades Challenge!
- The Cardboard Kayak Race
- Get Ready for Blackburn Challenge 2012!
Kayak sailing
- Self
- Wind
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Zigzag
- Travel Theme: Tilted
- Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above
- Kayak Sailing with Balogh Sail Designs
- Recycled Adventures: Night Kayak Sailing on the Hudson River
- Recycled Adventures: A Kayak Sail along the New England Coast
Kayak swim support
- A Picture-Perfect Ederle Swim
- Ederle Swim 2013
- Manhattan Island Marathon Swim 2013: Photos
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far
- Manhattan Island Marathon Swim 2012: Follow the Red Herring!
- Ederle Swim 2011, Round Three
- A Post-Hurricane Swim Into the Record Books
- Manhattan Island Marathon Swim 2011: The Lone Starlettes Take Manhattan
- Liz Fry’s “Triple Crown”: Three Records in Round-Trip Manhattan-Sandy Hook Swim
Seen from a kayak
- Look Up
- Face
- Paint, Take Two
- Paint
- Industry
- Travel Theme: Orange, Take Two
- City Sunset Silhouettes
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic
- Kayaks Under the Keel
- Travel Theme: Fresh
- Travel Theme: Unexpected
- Travel Theme: Metal
- Birds, Aids to Navigation
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Object
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
- Travel Theme: Symbol
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
- Seen from a Kayak
- Travel Theme: Stones
- Paddling Through the Fall
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite
- Travel Theme: Big
- Travel Theme: Architecture
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow
- A Stand Up Paddle Board Earns Its Keep
- The Dry Salvages
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
- Mulberries!
- Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through My Eyes
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape, Take Two
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
- This Year’s Visit to the Swinburne Island Seals
- Florida Paddling
- Travel Theme: Bridges
- A Word A Week Challenge: Industrial
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Home
- Travel Theme: Walls
- A Word A Week Photo Challenge — Cloud, Take Two
- A Word A Week Photo Challenge — Cloud
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise
- Travel Theme: Mystical
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
- Nantucket Red
- Travel Theme: Red
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge, Take Two
- The Ships of Arthur Kill
- Reflections, Take Two
- At the Bottom of the Food Chain
- Seals and Swells on Sunday
- Seals Revisited
- Art At, On, and In the Water: The Marine Art of New York Harbor
- A Blaze of Fall Color by Kayak: A Photoessay
- Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go in the Water…
- The Red Vines of Autumn Along the Hudson: A Photoessay
- Beaufort Force Zero: A Photoessay
- Name That Lighthouse!
- Kayaking Up Close With Barges: A Photoessay
- Canada Geese: A Photoessay
- In Hidden Corners of New York Harbor: Three Treasures
- Where the Wild Things Are: Kayaking with Marine Mammals in New York City
Kayak photography
- My Kayak Photography
- Three More Paddling Photo Winners
- Seals and Swells on Sunday
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Distorted
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Ready
- Three Paddling Photo Winners
Kayak humor (yes, Virginia, there is such a thing!)
- Laughter
- A Kayaker’s Guide to Hitchhikers
- Cardboard Kayak Race, Redux
- The Cardboard Kayak Race
- Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says, Take Two
- Kayak Silly
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Wind Against Current 
Congratulations! I have nominated your WordPress blog for the Super Sweet Blogger award. More about your nomination is at:
Keep on paddling and photographing!
Best regards,
BabsjeHeron
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Thanks so much—so sweet of you!! :-)
And yes, we will keep on paddling and photographing!
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Wow.. Loved your post. I always wanted to Kayak, but just could not get courage as I am not a strong swimmer. Tried it once, but then I fell off from my Kayak and never sat in a Kayak again. My hubby loves Kayaking and always encourages me to do so. Looking at your posts, I wanna do it even more :)
Happy Kayaking!!
xx
Aanchal
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We are so glad we’ve encouraged you, Aanchal—go for it!! :-)
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This is a great blog for Kayaking info. We like paddling on Kayaks and paddle boards up at Bear Lake with the kids and family. Definitely a lot of fun and good exercise.
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It most certainly is! Happy Holidays & New Year! :-)
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