03/19/2025 ICW Day 78 : Sea’s the day

by Brian · Published March 19, 2025 · Updated April 4, 2025

More gnarly weather in the forecast, we decided to do another big day back to back with yesterday. This one, we had our biggest open water crossing of about 20 miles. We had the choice: go tomorrow with a tailwind, but a wind that might reach gale force… or go today with a headwind that wasn’t too strong. We decided that working harder was a better choice than going fast and being scared (or perhaps in danger).

Luckily, the wind occasionally changed directions enough for us to use its power. We did have to pedal a lot. We are cyclists, and even our knees were hurting. Janet has a cold now, but she is a real trooper, questioning if she is actually sick. 😆.

Credit for tonight’s clandestine site goes to Janet. She found this little piece of land on the satellite. I questioned it, but now that we are here, it is a really pretty spot!

Photos:

Overview of last nights camp.

Janet borrowed my bad and wore it gangsta style.

Janet set up camp while I gorged. Today was weird - I didn’t take a single unit of Hunalog (the insulin you need to eat food). I ate tons of crackers and low carb candy bars because I kept going hypoglycemic. Goes to show how depleted I am from pedaling this boat around! It is weird because I can’t get my heart rate up while pedaling the boat. But at the same time, there aren’t any descents to coast down.