Jun 22 2006
Wekiva River
What does it look like to kayak down the Wekiva River? Well, if you’re the #2 man in the kayak, it looks like this:
Here we see the back of jeweldevil’s head as we paddle downstream. I took a minute to take a few pictures. Unfortunately, it was so blasted bright and hot that only two of the photos came out at all. I’ve got a few other shots of paddles, but this one and a shot of the sky were the only two that I liked.
We had fun, but I definitely prefer the downstream ride. We went downstream as far as we could go, and we fought against the river to get back. Daniel and I agreed that if we’d gone any further we might not have made it back at all. The original plan was to kayak peacefully downstream to Katie’s Landing and then get shuttled back to the state park. Alas, they don’t do that on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. That little fact wasn’t posted on the website. The good news is that it was a lot cheaper, totaling about $24 instead of $40. The bad news is that it took us 3.5 hours, and I still hurt. My muscles have recovered, but I forgot to put sunblock on my legs. They’re crispy.
The best part was just as we left the beach. The water was clear and deep, letting us see all the way to the underwater forest on the bottom. It was gorgeous. You should try it sometime.
P.S. We discovered that you can’t do a damn thing from the front. I don’t remember canoes being so hard to steer.
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