Sam asked.... Any suggestions for kayaking in Florida on the Gulf side... Sam, I did a week long trip at the end of last February to Citrus County, just north of Tampa. I camped at a State Park and did day trips, some of which involved a small drive to a different put-in. The Park I camped at is on the Chassahowitzka (spelled wrong, I'm sure) River. There's also the Homossassa (also probably spelled wrong) River, and lots of other smaller rivers. The area is a natural wildlife area, has a 40 or 50 mile water trail with camping chickees along the way, and has about a gazillion little islands. The paddle is open or protected, marsh grasses, woods or "jungle"... take your pick. Lots of wildlife to view, and if you go at the right time of year, there are lots of manatee. Careful, though. They didn't seem too bright and on two occasions they surfaced close enough to run into the kayak and nearly capsized me. It wasn't aggression - seemed to startle them even more than it did me. I saw manatee in all my paddling locations, but the best viewing is in Kings Bay. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and if I go back, will extend the trip to do a couple other nearby locations that were recommended to me, but I didn't get a chance to do. I have lots of details in a trip report, including mileages, web-sites, fees, addresses, phone numbers, chart numbers, etc. and pictures, if you have a further interest in that location. Let me know, and I'll send it as an attachment (I don't have a web-site). Rick - Poquoson, VA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 18 2003 - 05:28:37 PST
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