How to Plan Your First Kayak Trip – Lessons from the Everglades

Jennifer Pharr Davis is a record-breaking thru hiker, entrepreneur, mother, public speaker and published author. Needless to say, she knows a thing or two about pushing through new and uncomfortable experiences. Or so she thought! Read on to find out what she and her family experienced on a recent kayaking trip in the Everglades and tips for how they will plan their next kayak trip to Everglades NP differently.

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My family and I went on a three day / two night paddle in Everglades National Park last year. I wish I could say it was life changing. In a way, I guess it was. In that my husband may never convince me to go on another paddle for the rest of my life. I’m kidding. I think.

We learned a lot. A lot that can be applied to future trips and a lot worth sharing with other paddle newbies like ourselves. So in an effort to let our pain and suffering not go to waste, I will share a thing or two with you here.


But first, some context. We are adventurers. We have spent a LOT of time in national parks. Our kids are young (9 and 5) but I would say they’re tougher than most. My husband grew up taking weeklong river trips with his family as a teen. And we get on the water a half dozen times or so every summer.

We did our homework. We talked to a friend who convinced us this would be a good idea. He’s someone we trust. Well, used to trust. I’m kidding. I think. But he had done these trips for years with his sons. They’re big into fishing and they come down from New Hampshire every January. We came down from North Carolina in April. There were big differences between his experience and ours. Here are a few of them.

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जेनिफर फार डेविस एक अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर मान्यता प्राप्त साहसी, वक्ता, लेखक और उद्यमी हैं, जिन्होंने छह अलग-अलग महाद्वीपों पर 14,000 मील से अधिक की दूरी तय की है।

2011 में उसने 46 दिनों (औसतन 47 मील) में 2,185 मील के पैदल रास्ते को खत्म करके एपलाचियन ट्रेल पर सबसे तेज़ ज्ञात समय निर्धारित किया । और वह तब से धीमा नहीं हुआ है।

जेनिफर ने 700 मील की दूरी पर गर्भवती बैकपैक किया है, अपने नवजात बेटे की देखभाल करते हुए उत्तरी कैरोलिना में चली गई, और अपनी दो साल की बेटी के साथ सभी 50 राज्यों में बढ़ोतरी की।

वह राष्ट्रपति की खेल, स्वास्थ्य और पोषण परिषद की सदस्य हैं, उन्हें 2020 की आईमैक्स फिल्म इनटू अमेरिकाज वाइल्ड में चित्रित किया गया था, और एपलाचियन ट्रेल कंजरवेंसी के बोर्ड में कार्य किया था।

जेनिफर वास्तव में प्रकृति की एक शक्ति है। लेकिन जो चीज उसे सबसे ज्यादा उत्साहित करती है, वह है लोगों को जीवन बदलने वाले अवसरों से परिचित कराना जो प्रकृति प्रदान करती है

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