Date with a Surgeon

My date with the surgeon had been coming all summer and is finally here. Chris dropped me off at the hospital at 6:30AM. I was prepped and in Surgery about 9:00AM and out by noon. I spent the night in Sacred Heart hospital and was released at 3:30PM on Tuesday.

I have one week to recover before I have to be back to work on Monday.

No paddling for a month.

Turkey Creek

We joined up with aWFCKC paddle down Turkey Creek on Eglin AFB from the Hippie Hole to the next bridge.



Pretty day and clear water. I love that section.

Sheila stops for lunch. The scary thing about Turkey: lots of spiders.

Stopping for lunch. Dog sitting.

Finally we reach the bridge.

Econfina Creek Again

Chris saw the pictures from the previous Friday and could hardly wait to paddle Econfina. We joined up with Frances and three of her friends at the Econfina Livery. We paddled down to the last spring and back upstream to the highway 20 bridge where we took out.

This turned out to be a very expensive trip. When taking the kayaks off the car top carrier we dropped one which crashed into the side of our brand new Subaru. The driver's side view mirror was knocked off and both the drivers and passengers doors were dented in. $1200 in damage. $500 deductible. And one week in the body shop.

Me in my new Pungo 140. Pictures of fish in the springs.

Frances and me snorkeling in the springs.

Another group of paddlers.

Chris over a spring and under a palm.

Frances loves to swim.

Boiling Creek

I led a regularly scheduled WFCKC paddle down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River to the take-out next to the SR87 bridge. The water was cloudier than I ever remember. It is usually very clear. We did see powerboats up the creek which disturbs the banks and bottoms. The floria was still pretty.