Turtle Creek Inn By The Sea

29/03/2026

Unexpected visitors!

29/03/2026

Spring time at the Inn

09/03/2026

The peace 🙂

19/02/2026

Where could they take you?

19/01/2026

Fun in the sun!

24/12/2025

Wishing you JOY and PEACE this Holiday Season

19/11/2025

Our "back yard" Phenomenal

05/11/2025

Today's visitor!

27/10/2025

We had our days of expedition paddling and they were awesome! Now, we offer the mini experience by exploring the reaches of our tidal creeks and sea harbors around Great/Little Exuma, returning to the comfort of Turtle Creek Inn each evening for a hot shower, nice meal, and cozy bed 😊

The Fall And Rise Of Kayak Touring | Sea kayak touring is supposed to be dying. Long journeys peaked in the 1990s when sleek, long fiberglass boats were plying the seas through island chains. Back in the age of Netscape Navigator, crusty baby boomers and spritely pre-parenting Gen Xers were untroubled by ubiquitous smartphones. Instead, they would rig tarps, cook bannock over open fires and commune with the sea.

Every year I hear the same story. Boats shrank to fit into smaller urban apartments and tighter schedules. Kids and careers yanked the Gen Xers out of their cockpits. Creaky backs and aching shoulders told baby boomers to stop sleeping on the ground and paddling six days in a row. Millennials were suctioned directly into their smartphones, and piles of student loan debt made shelling out for a touring kayak and all the gear to support two weeks in challenging waters impossible.

Manufacturers responded. They generated fleets of recreational kayaks, day tourers and paddleboards, great for quick jaunts but not ideal for camping. Sea kayaks became a tiny trickle of retailers’ inventory. Today, paddling is like going for a hike or a few hours at the gym, not a voyage where you pore over charts weeks ahead of time.

Well, so the story goes.

Continue reading: https://bit.ly/40DGxsy

✍️: Neil Schulman
📷: Ron Watts
📖: This article was first published in the Fall 2022 issue of Paddling Magazine.

26/10/2025

26/10/2025

Green sea turtles playing tag 😀 View from our deck