Doug Gilliland's Photo Albums
Panther
Island - Seamus and I head down to the Ten
Thousand Islands for 3 days of paddling.
Date: March 26-28, 2014
Silver Lake -
Gregg, Ann, Mark and I camp with the dogs at Cypress
Glen campground.
Date: March 8-9, 2014
Mosquito Lagoon
- Trip with Seamus and Kenny over to the East Coast's
Canaveral National Seashore.
Date: February 23-25, 2014
Maine -
Kayaking with Eric at Bar Harbor,
the Penobscot River and Moosehead Lake.
Date Aug, 1-7, 2013.
Suwannee River 2012- .Carson, Dave and I meet up with Bill,
Dave, Corey, Joe and Eddie on the river. Great time!
Date: November 16-18
Cayo Costa - Bob,
Sandy, and I paddle to Cayo Costa.
Date: July 24, 2012
Lower Myakka River - Bob,
Sandy, Jeff and I paddle down to the hole at the lower
Myakka River.
Date: July 3, 2012
Nanthahala River- Greg , Pauline, Kenny, George and I get
some whitewater.
Date: July 13 - 17, 2011
Movies: Greg Surfing Greg
running the falls
Brush
Island, Ten Thousan Islands - Taylor,
Greg Stamer and I paddle out of Collier-Seminole State Park
as a cold front moves in. Dispite the cold, windy weather we
had a great time.
Date: December 26-28, 2010
Christmas at Gary's 2010 - The family
Christmas get together at Gary's.
Date: December 24, 2010
Braden
River - TBSK trip down the Braden River
Date: December 11, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010 at Gail & Bill's - Great food, friends and family. What else could you ask for?
Carson's 21st Birthday - Carson's family and friends celibrate his entry into manhood.
California -
Taylor and I paddle the California coast from San Diego to
north of San Franscisco.
Date: July 29 - August 9, 2010
Colby - our Border Collie/Bernese Mountain dog - the newest additon to the Gilliland family.
Christmas
2009
Christmas 2009 at Gary & Vikki's
Everglades
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December, 2009
Pete Saxon, Taylor and I paddle 3
days in the Everglades - the Ranger Station to Watson Place
to Pavilion Key route. Weather was cool, windy and cloudy.
In
Memory of Dave Weber
Dave was my kayak, camping
and fishing buddy for over two decades. He will be missed by
all that had the pleasure of knowing him.
Murphy, NC - July 10-17,
2009 Video cips of the trip:
Cayo
Costa
Island - March, 21-22, 2009
Dave Weber and I tent camp
on the island, circumnavigaing the north half and visit
Cabbage Key. Windy, cool and bugless - a great time to visit
before the summer heat is upon us.
Ev
erg;ades, Feb 2009
Date: Feb. 21-23, 2009
David Taylor and I head down to Everglades City. Paddle to
Watson Place then out to Pavilion Key.
Egmont
Key,
Feb 2009
Date: Feb. 15, 2009
David Taylor, Greg Stamer and I put in at Anna Maria Island
and paddle north to Egmont Key. We explore the island then
paddle back in a dense fog.
Christmas
2008
Christmas at our house then on to
Gary's for the Annual Gilliland Family Christmas.
Cedar
Key & Chassahowitzka River
Dates: December 26-28, 2008
Taylor, Dave and I travel up the
coast for 3 days of paddling. Original destination was
Wacassasa river but the campgrounds no longer exist and
there was a fishing tournament so went to Cedar Key instead.
Camped at Shell Mound 5 miles out of Cedar Key - noseeums
were out in the day but left at sunset. Airboat launch yards
away from our campsite provided a morning alarm.
Paddled out into the Gulf from Shell Mound on Friday,
Seahorse and Atsena Otie Keys on Saturday (grouper
sandwiches at Frog's Landing, Cedar Key on Saturday night)
and on to Chassahowktzka River Sunday. Weather: highs in the
high 70's, lows in the high 50's with 5-10 mph winds.
Cayo
Costa Island - Dec. 2008
Taylor and I spend a couple
days on the island.
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Carson's Prom and graduation from SHS (and on to Ringling School of Art & Design)! |
Hog
Island, March 1, 2008
Dave and I head for a weekend
campout and paddle up and down the Withlacoochee River.
Christmas Eve at Gary
& Vikki's
Date: November 23-25,
2007
Date: July 27 - August
12, 2007 Taylor, Dave Webber and I
circumnavigate Isle Royale. Haven't had the
time to edit the pictures, add text or add
Taylor's pictures. Will do once I get the
beginning of school under control.
Date: June 2-7, 2007 Carson, Ken Hiller and I
spend a few days in North Carolina and
northern Georgia.
Date: May 6, 2007
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Date: Decemeber 27-30, 2006 |
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Taylor and I spend a few days on Panther. First time in the Ten Thousands since the big hurricane. |
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Annual Easter Egg and Beer hunt. |
Trip: Downs' Ranch Date: March 25-26, 2005 The water level of the
Myakka River was too low to kayak but we still
had a good time.
Date: Dec. 29-31 2005 Trip Members: Doug Abbot,
Dave Weber, Gary, Dan, others and myself.
Trip :Silver
Lake, FL Date: Dec. 20-22 2005 Trip Members: Greg
Gilliland, Taylor and myself.
Annual Christmas at Gary
and Viki's.
Trip:Silver
Lake, FL Date: Nov 19, 2005 Trip Members: Greg
Stamer, Doug Abbot, Carson and myself.
Date: April 15-17 Trip Members: Dave Weber,
Carson, Taylor and myself
Half of the family was
out of town but we still had a wonderful
Easter.
Christmas 2004 at the
Gillilands.
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Date: July 20-29, 2004 |
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Trip Members: Taylor and myself |
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Weather: Lows in high 40's, Highs in mid 70's - no rain |
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Paddling:Drove straight from Sarasota to Wawa in 30 hours (1700 miles). Paddled and hiked a few days in Superior Provincial Park then headed up to Wawa. Paddled twenty miles up the coast to the Dog River and camped for two nights. Hiked up the river to Dennison Falls and paddled up the coast to the Cliffs. Stopped by Sleeping Bear Dunes and South Bend (to see relatives) on the way back. No rain the entire trip - until I drove into Florida. |
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Cheeks the chipmunk movie - a Canadian chipmunk that was able to stuff 9 almonds in his mouth. Now that's entertainment! |
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Trip: Stanley Cup |
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Bolts win the Stanley Cup. Thanks Bill for the tickets! |
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Trip: Myakka Riiver |
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Date: May 1, 2004 |
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Trip Members: Dave Weber, Greg Gilliland, Doug Abbot and myself |
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Weather: Mid 80's, windy, partly cloudy |
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Paddling: Headed down to the lower lake. On the way Dave had a monster of a bass (jumped out of the water so we knew he was huge. Only problem is that he was on the other side of a tree across the water. Dave lost him but one of the biggest bass I've seen in Myakka. Water extremely low in the river - the lake was two feet deep at the max. Paddled across the lower lake and fished near the big hole. Dave caught some nice size bass while I snagged two nice size talapa. Both Doug Abbot and Greg also caught some nice fish. |
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Date: April 11, 2004 |
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Trip: Buck Lake |
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Date: March 19-21 2004 |
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Trip Members: Dave Weber, Greg Stamer, Carson and I |
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Weather: Highs in low 70s, lows in 50's |
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Paddling: Fished Buck Lake on Saturday. Not much luck except for Dave catching a bass. Paddled the Silver River on Sunday. |
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Trip: Cedar Key |
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Date: January 24, 2004 |
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Trip Members: UF Canoe and Kayak Club and myself. |
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Weather: Light winds mid 60's. |
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Paddling: Launched at Cedar Key at 10:30AM. Paddled 1.5 hours to Sea Horse Key. Ate lunch and visited the lighthhouse. Paddled to Atsena Otie Key and visited the graveyard. Arrive back at Cedar Key around 5 PM. |
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More Photos of the Cedar Key trip from Taylor |
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Trip: Panther Island |
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Date: January 2-4, 2004 |
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Trip Members: Doug Abbot, Greg Stamer, Dave Weber, Gary, RC, Carson and myself |
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Weather: Warm the entire trip. No foul weather - a few bugs. |
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Paddling: Current with us both going out and coming in. Same with paddling to Fakahatachee on Saturday. Made it back from Panther Island to the car in record time on Sunday - two hours. |
Date: December 27, 2003 Trip Members: Phillilp,
David, Carson and myself.
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Trip: Panther Island |
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Date: November 28-30, 2003 |
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Trip Members: Doug Abbot, Greg Stamer. Matt Jackson, Carson and myself |
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Weather: Warm & Sunny Friday. Cold front with stong winds moved in Friday night. Winds 40+ mph - bent the tentpoles on the front of my tent. Cold and windy Saturday. Cool and less wind Sunday. |
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Paddling: Took 2.5 hours to paddle the 8.4 miles from Port of the Islands to Panther Island. Current and wind with us. Paddle back was against the wind and current - took 4.5 hours. |
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Trip: Costa Rica Kayak Surfing |
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Date: June 20-28, 1999 |
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Trip Members: Doug Abbot and myself. |
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Movie: Shot by Abbot standing on the beach - not the best since I was a quarter mile out at the first break and it was shot in analog and I converted it to DVD. |
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Paddling: Surf was 8 - 10 feet at Boca Barranca, breaking outside on the Boca Barranca river delta. Got a 2 minute 7 second ride. |