Day 113, 2/19 – Nassau River Spoil Island to Ft. Clinch – Completion of the CT Paddle 😎

Yes I know. I’m very late with this post. I’ve been going a mile a minute since getting home. 

Iain and I were on the water at normal time before sunrise. Good thing as the bugs were coming out in force. Here are the morning sunrise pics. 

Here is Iain enjoying the morning paddle. 


And another traveler on the ICW at sunrise. 

We had a really nice paddle all morning. Some light winds on and off and pretty cloudy until around 1100. Then it cleared up and was really nice out. Contrary to what a lot of folks had told us, the tidal currents were not too bad. We were against them most of the morning but still made pretty good time. 

We landed at Ft. Clinch around 1300 and found a great welcoming committee waiting for us. Hard to see but this is Kelle, Barb, Carl, Marc, Jim, Vinnie, Gus and Lynn. It was really nice to have this support ?. 

Here I am coming into the beach and getting ready to roll the kayak up on the beach. 

The entire group of us went out to a local restaurant and had a great lunch and then everyone hit the road. 

And this small group of paddlers represents 22% of all the paddlers that have completed the CT paddle. From left to right – Carl, Jim, me, Gus and Marc. I’m honored to be part of such a great group of paddlers. 

Ok, just to put things in perspective, what happens when you leave the corporate world for a 3.5 month paddling journey? You go from this (taken prior to leaving the working world). 

To this (taken on the drive home from Ft. Clinch and getting a little sleepy).  

This will not be the last post for this adventure. I’ll put some effort into doing a gear review to share with others. I really had good luck with everything I had planned to use. The review will include building the beach rollers. Several folks have already made some as well and are very pleased with the results. 

And I’ll end this post in the normal manner with the sunset picture. Only difference is that we pulled the truck over so I could get the shot ?. 

I’m really happy about the loads of notes from folks following my adventure and the fact that they really enjoyed all the posts and pictures. 

Happy Paddling 

9 thoughts on “Day 113, 2/19 – Nassau River Spoil Island to Ft. Clinch – Completion of the CT Paddle 😎”

  1. AND WE WILL ALL WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF SCOTT’S GREAT ADVENTURES 😃 PROUD OF YOU GREAT BROTHER !!!

  2. Congrats, Scott! This is a great accomplishment and you have joined a special group of CT thru paddlers.

  3. Scott,

    What an accomplishment. Congratulations. You should be proud of yourself. I thoroughly enjoyed the stories and awesone pictures. Take a much needed rest.

    Rick

  4. Congratulations Scott! I’ve so enjoyed reading your posts and looking at your pictures. What an accomplishment :) I can’t wait to hear about what you have in store next…

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