Dundee, Mike, and I put-in at Picnic Island, Ellenton,
Florida, and headed upstream. We snaked along the shoreline and explored its mangrove
trail waterways. The paddle started as a relaxed afternoon kayaking on the
Manatee River and would finish as a test of our stamina.
The below video misses much of this 2-mile round trip section of the river, as it became difficult
for me to take pictures and paddle. First we searched a mangrove tunnel with an entrance
and no exit. Second, We cross in a wide section of the river in a high wind. Third, we finished our return
paddle to Picnic Island, facing strong winds and white cap waves.
As you will hear in the video, Dundee and I
took a shoreline route in the mangroves. Videoing this mangrove tunnel was not
possible due to the confines of the mangroves as well as discovering the
mangrove water trail was a dead-end. We needed to back up our kayaks to exit
the tunnel.
Given no traffic on the river, we decided to cross the river to get another
view of the river’s habitat. We did this in against a strong incoming tide and wind It turned
out what I thought was “the other shore” was a narrow mangrove forest called
Marsh Island. I learned we were looking at a long narrow island as we went through a water trail through in the island and saw “the other side of the river.” You will see Marsh Island in the below map showing our paddling route in Red.
Our paddle to return to Picnic Island turned into a
15-minute power sprint into strong winds, against an upriver tide, and white caps.
Enjoy our afternoon paddle.
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Steve's 6th book is now available. Outdoor Play: Fun 4 Seniors has trip preparations, routes, and narratives of bucket list places to go. Motivate friends and family to make the outdoors a key component of their daily life.
Steve’s books are available as hardcopy and e-Books at Amazon's Kindle and Morgan Hill Bookstore, New London.
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