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Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind,
and I like to write standing up.
Ernest Hemingway

A passage is variously defined as "the route or course by which one passes or travels, a voyage by water from one point to another", and "a progress, as of time or events".

In this little corner of AquaDynology you will find a growing assortment of kayaking travelogues and trip reports. Here are a few of the beautiful places my little boat has carried me ...

Multi-Day Kayaking Trips

Pictured Rocks Trip

Whistling Past the Graveyard

Kayaking along Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Four autumn days spent 'coasting' in the famed Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior, exploring sea caves, searching for shipwrecks, and camping on beaches on the National Lakeshore and nearby Grand Island.

Thunder Bay Trip

In the Shadow of Nanabijou

Paddling around the Sleeping Giant of Ontario's Thunder Bay

Two paddlers tiptoe past the Sleeping Giant, ancient teacher and protector of the Ojibwa, to explore the glacier-scoured Canadian Shield country and meet a lone Lake Superior lightkeeper.

Daytrips

Pensacola Bay Daytrip

Pensacola Bay

A saltwater cruise along Florida's Gulf Islands National Seashore

Solitary paddling along the Gulf coast of Santa Rosa Island to the historic site of pre-Civil-War Fort Pickens, escorted by dolphins, sea turtles, jellyfish, and the Blue Angels.

Pensacola Bay Daytrip

Milwaukee Harbor

A busy seaport deep in the heart of the American Midwest

An other-worldly tour of this fog-shrouded urban port reveals an historic lighthouse, a classic Great Lakes schooner, and a personal encounter with a majestic lake freighter.