[Paddlewise] Florida in February

Everyone:

I'm headed for south Florida in Feb. - Ft. Myers, the Everglades and the
Keys - to paddle, photograph, and snorkel. I'm meeting a couple of friends
in Ft. Myers, but much of the month I'll be on my own. In any case, I'll
have two Mariner kayaks, and will be looking for paddling companions for
day trips or overnights. A few things I would like to do:

	Paddle to French Reef, Sand Key, Man-of-War Key, and/or Content Keys to
snorkel.
	Paddle the Crystal River (or other) areas for Manatees
	Paddle Sannibal Island and the Ft. Myers and Thousand Island area for
birds
	Paddle from Flamingo in every direction for day trips or overnights.

I'd be intereted in any suggestions for padding in a cypress swamp.

Anyone with moderate kayaking skills (and a photogenic boat) who would like
to join for some birding or snorkeling paddles, let me know.  

I've been doing some research. If you're heading to Florida, here's some
good resources:
	Nigel Fosters' Guide to Sea Kayaking in Southern Florida
	Snorkeling guides:
		Diving and Snorkling Guide to the Florida Keys
		Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures
	Natural history
		Nat. Audubon Soc. Field Guide to Florida
 		Connie Toops' Everglades 
		Archie Carr's A Naturalist in Florida. 
		Toops and Carr are particularly fine natural history writers. 

On the other side of the planet, if you haven't seen my website, I think
others have posted it on Paddlewise
in the past. I just added a new photo: Storm surfing at the La Push 2000
surf frolic:
http://www.eskimo.com/~gluhm/index/kayaking/2000surffrolic.html

Hoping to hear from Florida paddlers!

Gary Luhm

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