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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 6—Across the Forks

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Montauk Point to Greenport
22 nautical miles (25 land miles)

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Key Biscayne Sunrise

By Vladimir Brezina

We’ve had Sunset, and so it’s time for Sunrise. This one was in Key Biscayne, Florida, this past Sunday.

And a bonus…

More photos are here.

Travel Theme: Sunset

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa‘s Travel-Themed Photo Challenge this week is Sunset.

I must have hundreds of sunset photos, since, with camera in hand, a spectacular show at sunset is hard to resist… Which to choose? Here are a few of the memorable sunsets over the years.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge, Take Two

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Merge. I’ve already posted one interpretation, but here’s another one.

One some days, you don’t know where the sea ends and the sky begins…

More photos are here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Merge.

Blossoms and stone merge in spring…

Spring 2007 in Central Park, New York City. More photos are here.

A second interpretation of “Merge” is here.

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 5—Around Montauk Point

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

<— Previous: Day 4

Shinnecock Inlet to Montauk Point
36 nautical miles (41 land miles)

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Wrong.

Stand up paddle boarding is becoming very popular. There’s the right way to do it…

… and the wrong way.

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Travel Theme: Signs

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa‘s Travel-Themed Photo Challenge for this week is Signs.

We travel around by kayak. So, you wouldn’t think we would run into too many signs. But we do!

Scylla and Charybdis
……..Some years ago, Erik Baard and I paddled down from Manhattan and landed on the beach near the northwestern tip of Sandy Hook. We had a leisurely lunch, took a stroll along the beach, lazed about, and after a couple of hours were ready to paddle back to Manhattan. But just before we launched, we thought that we might, just out of curiosity, find out what those two big signs that stood there, facing away from us, said…

In the meantime, on the opposite, eastern side of Sandy Hook, there is another set of signs…

Bitter Sweet Heaven
……..In January, an aborted kayak trip left us wandering through the streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn, aliens in our drysuits, observing the earthlings and their strange signs…

Read the full story here.

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Judgment Day
……..Last year, Johna and I were kayaking down the Hudson from Albany to New York City. Several days into the trip, we saw this sign promising, for the next day, devastating earthquakes that would usher in the Rapture… We hoped it wouldn’t disrupt our trip too much. But we were certainly glad to be out of New York City during this event. Traffic was bound to be terrible…

Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 4—To Shinnecock Inlet

By Johna Till Johnson and Vladimir Brezina

<— Previous: Day 3

Moriches Inlet to Shinnecock Inlet
15 nautical miles (17 land miles)

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Travel Theme: Leading Lines

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa‘s Travel Theme for this week is Leading Lines.

Here’s one that doesn’t travel: his world comes to him. All his lines lead in to the center…