Careful what you wish for.... cuz now here's a ka-zillion pixes.
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Me & Mr D/L went kayaking for the very first time ever last October. It was quite the experience.
We got to rent a kayak down by the Weeki Wachee Springs. The trip goes down-river about 5 or 6 miles.
Ok, so here's the little kayak we rented for two. I still dunno how we both squished into this iddy-biddy little thing.
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But..... We did.
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I had to sit up front, on account that I'm not the strongest bulb in the pack.
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When the current was slow, I was quite relaxed. When it was fast.... Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The first thing I saw was this cute little otter go by.I dunno why this pic is so big.
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We saw the tour-boat load of old folks go by...How's THAT for wildlife?
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After that the scenery got interesting.
I never saw trees that looked like this before. I think they're cypress.
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The water started to become this amazing turquoise color. What causes that? I've never seen anything like it.
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The color was so beautiful.
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The river was swift in most places & it was hard to stop where you wanted. Plus we had no clue what we were doing.
Mr D/L kept yelling at me like a drill sergeant,
![Nasty :butthead:](./images/smilies/icon_butt.gif)
But it was so dark & overgrown so the picture sucked. We couldn't walk around at all there.
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In any case this was no place to eat lunch.It was kinda early too, so we kept moving.
Quite a way's further down I pulled over (crashed) & we had some lunch.
We ate all kinds of little naughty little things like shrimp, cheeses & pickled herring & we even had Halvah! (How many people know what THAT is??) Not many, I'll bet. Anyway, it was a perfect NY nosh for our anniversary
![I love it :heart:](./images/smilies/icon_syda.gif)
(Wooof! That's ugly!)
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I got in the water knee deep & it was so crystal clear right to the bottom.
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Then, we got moving on & saw more neat stuff.
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As you get closer to the Gulf, you start to see more houses & civilization.
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Also, evidence of the ocean tides...
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The water begins to look more like salt water too...Loved going under the tree-canopy here.
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Anyway that was just about the end. We crashed into where we were supposed to go & get out. They throw you into a van & your kayak on a trailer & haul you back to where you started.
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The whole trip down the river was about 4 hours. It was so totally awesome, I can't wait do it again sometime.
Thanks also to Mr 9dawgs for telling me last year how awesome this was & that we needed to go!
He was RIGHT!!!!!!
Best $40 bucks we ever spent!!!!