taking a small break.

and look around at the world for a minute.

tripped over to Marks Locatoweb site and  ummm,   What in the heck are ya thinking/doing Mark?  

possible answers.  1: He’s hoped a boat other than his Kayak to cross over to Cedar Key area 2: He’s flipped his wig and is making a long run across lots of saltwater to shortcut a longer shoreline run. 3: Is doing part 2 and his App is not getting signal to update his location and he is MUCH further along than it is showing. 4: combination of 1+3

Dunno, but doing some google-fu on maps, from his start point to Cedar Key is 128 miles, straight shot. That ain’t happening in a kayak, not in one day, and not without serious support and possibly a sail rig. The guy that ‘kayaked’ across the Atlantic was in a special built boat that allowed him to lay down, had storage out the wazooo for food and water, It looked more like a section off a large catamaran instead of a kayak. Mark is in an NDK Explorer and thats pretty typical run of the mill expedition seakayak, and yes, could handle that sort of crossing, WITH A GROUP,,,, not solo,, unless someone is feeling suicidal,,,

comments are noting that he is moving faster than normal and one suggested that he is taking a ‘piggyback’ ride,,, Lord I hope so. Maybe he did some math and needed to move on down the coast a bit to catch up to his deadline.

I am going to guess that he is hopping a ride. Mark may be a bit nutz (like me) and kayak 6000 flippin’ kilometers but I don’t see him tossing his life away on a suicide run across the Gulf of Mexico just to take a shortcut. And things I have heard from the Everglades 300, the winds can send a kayak MILES across the Gulf with a quickness and the paddler not be aware of it unless his GPS is rigged to alert to drift. I remember they recovered one paddler a few years back, 15 miles off shore, dehydrated as hell and delerious but alive. and he had been missing from his check in point for over 24 hours.

Anywhoos, I needed a break from creative writing, and now its back to building a story about an AI that is currently AWOL from my head,,,,