When Walking Wont Do

There are places you just can't walk to, especially in Florida, places where folks may still try to sell swampland like the Marx Brothers did in their movie debut The Cocoanuts.

Kayaking (my boat, left) will get you to many of those places. Paddling solo or with companions affords many of walking's benefits: the quiet observance of nature's flow and rhythms, and periods of stillness that draw one's thoughts inward and that invite contemplation of one's place in the universe. With the expansive sky above and mysterious water below, you find yourself floating on the fluid and limpid surface between the depths of your inner landscapes and the boundless potential of the human spirit. That is a good place to visit.

Perhaps it's time you got on the water, or got to walking.

Florida, kayaking, nature, paddling