Weeki Wachee Kayaking. LOTS of PIX!
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:35 pm
By popular demand, I'm posting some Florida pix. Ok, so just one guy asked me. (Hi Mr Lifted!!!!)
Careful what you wish for.... cuz now here's a ka-zillion pixes. [-X
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.
But..... We did.
I had to sit up front, on account that I'm not the strongest bulb in the pack.
The weaker person steers & the stronger does the paddling. I can't tell you how many times we crashed into tree branches & bushes! [-o<
When the current was slow, I was quite relaxed. When it was fast.... Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first thing I saw was this cute little otter go by.I dunno why this pic is so big.
We saw the tour-boat load of old folks go by...How's THAT for wildlife?
After that the scenery got interesting.
I never saw trees that looked like this before. I think they're cypress.
The water started to become this amazing turquoise color. What causes that? I've never seen anything like it.
The color was so beautiful.
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,
so I pulled over (ok crashed into some bushes) & we got out & took a picture.
But it was so dark & overgrown so the picture sucked. We couldn't walk around at all there.
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
(Wooof! That's ugly!)
I got in the water knee deep & it was so crystal clear right to the bottom.
Then, we got moving on & saw more neat stuff.
As you get closer to the Gulf, you start to see more houses & civilization.
Also, evidence of the ocean tides...
The water begins to look more like salt water too...Loved going under the tree-canopy here.
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.
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!!!!
Careful what you wish for.... cuz now here's a ka-zillion pixes. [-X
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.
But..... We did.
I had to sit up front, on account that I'm not the strongest bulb in the pack.
The weaker person steers & the stronger does the paddling. I can't tell you how many times we crashed into tree branches & bushes! [-o< When the current was slow, I was quite relaxed. When it was fast.... Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first thing I saw was this cute little otter go by.I dunno why this pic is so big.
We saw the tour-boat load of old folks go by...How's THAT for wildlife?
After that the scenery got interesting.
I never saw trees that looked like this before. I think they're cypress.
The water started to become this amazing turquoise color. What causes that? I've never seen anything like it.
The color was so beautiful.
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,
so I pulled over (ok crashed into some bushes) & we got out & took a picture. But it was so dark & overgrown so the picture sucked. We couldn't walk around at all there.
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
(Wooof! That's ugly!)
I got in the water knee deep & it was so crystal clear right to the bottom.
Then, we got moving on & saw more neat stuff.
As you get closer to the Gulf, you start to see more houses & civilization.
Also, evidence of the ocean tides...
The water begins to look more like salt water too...Loved going under the tree-canopy here.
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.
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!!!!
