Angle to Key West: Across Tampa Bay (2/16)
Longboat Key – February 16, 2013 There is a problem when a seventeen foot kayak and a thousand-foot freighter are the only two boats in Tampa Bay and the problem […]
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Angle to Key West: Spot of Land (2/8)
Hudson, FL – February 8, 2013 The rain came at sunset last night, thick and fast, washing over the tidal flats and away. I looked for somewhere to camp, but […]
Angle to Key West: Hide (12/24)
Intercoastal Waterway, Alabama – December 24, 2012 The sky cleared in the afternoon, turned blue and sunny, warm enough for summer. Only a distant wall of clouds building on the […]
Angle to Key West: Some Days (12/20)
Pass Christian, MS – December 20, 2012 The storm came, furious wind and a wall of rain, but I held on in the cracked ruins of Baldwin Lodge until the […]
Angle to Key West: No Place to Hide (12/19)
Foundation of Baldwin Lodge – December 19, 2012 I veered away from the boat, but it kept coming, turning with me like I held a magnet. I thought it would […]
Angle to Key West: Bad Days (12/10)
Mile 195 on Lower Mississippi – December 10, 2012 The tent shrunk then folded around me. I leaned against the wall. It felt like a bull raged on the other […]
Angle to Key West: Something’s Coming (12/9)
Mile 240 on a bend before Baton Rouge, LA – December 9, 2012 The air feels heavy in my lungs, warm and wet, like I’m sitting in a steam room […]
Angle to Key West: In It (10/25)
Above Lock 18 – October 25, 2012 Thunder broke through the rain’s dull patter, shattered it like dropped glass, then rolled across the big river, fading then finding strength again, […]
Angle to Key West: Things That Go Boom In The Night (8/24)
South Twin, Apostles – August 24, 2012 Lightning seems everywhere, flashing bright in the distance, cracking the dark night, making the horizon glow electric. I stare out, watching bolts split […]
Angle to Key West: Crazy Mother (7/29)
Windigo, Isle Royale National Park – July 29, 2012 It took me a moment to register my name and another to recognize Luke’s face. The last time I talked to […]
