PHOTO PROVIDED BY WATER TRIBE INC.
Local kayakers Ed Engel and Joe Mullen accept their trophy oars for completing the 2012 Water Tribe 300-mile Everglades Challenge kayak and small craft competition from Mullet Key, south of St. Petersburg, to Key Largo. This year, kayakers will be checking in at Cape Haze Marina Saturday and Sunday.

SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Joe Mullen, 81, and Ed Engel, 76, aren't letting their age stop them from entering this year's Water Tribe Everglades Challenge, a 300-mile kayaking and small craft event starting on Mullet Key, south of St. Petersburg, to Key Largo. Water Tribe Inc. founder Steve Isaac said if the pair complete the challenge, they will be the oldest entrants to do so.

SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com

The stickers on the side of this kayak mark the accomplishments of Joe Mullen and Ed Engel for completing the 300-mile Water Tribe Everglades Challenge, kayaking from south of St. Petersburg to Key Largo.