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Part of an Observer News Feature Series By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net Boats are the physical manifestation of dreams. No one needs a boat; but for those who choose the water as…
By WARREN RESEN, Florida Outdoor Writers Assoc. memberPhotos by Jeanne O’Connor It took a trek to the jungles of Panama for me to learn what the world’s image of Florida…
By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net If there’s one thing in my life that’s missing, it’s the time that I spend alone sailing on the cool and bright clear waters. I can hear…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The circus has moved down the road. All along the way, I’ve heard stories of the southbound cruising fleet crowding bridges and marinas along the Intracoastal Waterway…
Part four of an Observer News feature series By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I had never been so cold in my life — and that is saying something coming from a former…
Part three of an Observer News feature series Reedville, Virginia, is a quiet community on a creek just off the Chesapeake Bay. MITCH TRAPHAGEN photos By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The quiet…
My wife Michelle flew in to help prepare the boat for the voyage home. The tanks and lockers are full. It is time to sail home. Saying goodbye to Michelle…
Kayaking crystal clear water of Ichetucknee River. Article by WARREN RESEN Photos by JEANNE O’CONNOR“Way Down Upon The Suwannee River” These words were written in a song by Stephen…
Part one of an Observer News feature series By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The last leg is getting the boat into the water from the boatyard in Maryland, then sailing three days…