Scott P. Smith

This audio from the massage therapist who accused Al Gore of sexual assault is worth a listen. Don’t know if it’s true or not, but she sounds sincere.

Last week I did some kayaking in South Georgia. I took my Wilderness Systems Tsunami 12.5 and a recently purchased Werner paddle. On the first day I paddled along the Georgia coast from Shellman Bluff to Blue and Hall near Darien. I was trying to make it to Darien, but I took a couple of wrong turns that cost me about two hours. At times I was fighting strong headwinds and tidal currents. My past paddling adventures have all been on fresh water rivers. This was the first time I have paddled in the sea. I make few mistakes. I tried to hug the coast instead of staying in the Intracoastal Waterway. The small winding rivers along the coast were disorienting and I did not have a GPS with me. I took a wrong turn and paddled almost an hour in the wrong direction before discovering my mistake. Once I got back on the right track, I felt like it was too late to try to make it to Darien. So I put in at Blue and Hall.

After taking a day off to rest, I started out for the Stephan C. Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp. I spent the night in the campground in my Hennessey hammock. I slept very well in the hammock. The next day I paddled from the park office to the Big Water lake and back.

I paddled about 20 miles both days. It was great to get out in the outdoors.

Kyle and I attended the Blade Show this weekend here in Atlanta. The Blade Show is one of the premier knife shows in the country. People come from all over the United States to attend the show. We bought several knifes at the show: KA-BAR BK-2, SOG Aegis, and a Leatherman Crater. We received two complementary knifes: a small KA-BAR neck knife and a SOG Micron 2. I also bought some sharpening stones.

I bought the BK-2 from the designer Ethan Becker who was at the KA-BAR booth.

We saw two You-Tube celebrities at the show: Murray Carter and Dave Canterbury. Dave will be co-staring with Cody Lundin in Dual Survivor on the Discovery Channel this summer. Dual Survivor premieres this Friday at 10:00 pm on Dicovery. Dave is a very nice guy and I hope his show does well. He has put in a lot of hard work on his You-Tube channel over the past few years. He deserves the success he is enjoying now.