In addition to all-size motor boating enthusiasts, the Colony Cove Boat Club entertains kayaking adventurers. On this day, our kayaker organizer member, Connie, set up a trip to the Oscar Scherer State Park in Osprey, Florida.
Seven of us met at 10:30 am on a beautiful Saturday morning and left from a sandy beach on the South Creek near the ranger station. We went right and shortly paddled under the South Tamiami Trail Route 41 bridge and found our way to connecting waterways, eventually leading to the Intercoastal Waterway (ICW). Warning signs are prominent in slowing boaters for awareness of manatees.
Birds are prominent throughout our two-hour five-mile paddle. In particular, we saw droves of pelicans.
The ICW goes under the Blackburn Point Road Bridge. A swing span bridge rotates in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis into a position parallel with the marine channel and shore, allowing boats and ships to pass along a waterway that would otherwise be obstructed by the bridge. It is always interesting to stop and watch as the large boats wait and then pass by the open bridge.
I have a personal interest in this particular ICW area in that I belong to the Sarasota County Rowing Club, and we do our rowing in areas on both sides of the turnstile bridge. Thus, we frequently pass under it. Seeing this bridge from a kayak gives a different perspective than a rowing scull.
In this same bay, but not today, I experienced two playful dolphins swimming around our rowing scull.
Birds are prominent throughout our two-hour five-mile paddle. In particular, we saw droves of pelicans.
The ICW goes under the Blackburn Point Road Bridge. A swing span bridge rotates in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis into a position parallel with the marine channel and shore, allowing boats and ships to pass along a waterway that would otherwise be obstructed by the bridge. It is always interesting to stop and watch as the large boats wait and then pass by the open bridge.
I have a personal interest in this particular ICW area in that I belong to the Sarasota County Rowing Club, and we do our rowing in areas on both sides of the turnstile bridge. Thus, we frequently pass under it. Seeing this bridge from a kayak gives a different perspective than a rowing scull.
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Colony Cove Boat Club Kayakers
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| Blackburn Point Road Intercoastal Waterway Turnstile Bridge |
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References
- Oscar Scherer State Park Florida
- Paddling the Little Manatee River
- Manatee Paddle - Robinson Preserve
- Manatee River Paddle - Emerson Point and Fort Hamer
- Manatee River- Picnic Island, Ellenton, Fl
- Manatee Paddle - Jiggs Landing and the Braden River Trail, Bradenton, Florida
- Kayaking a Nature Preserve: Braden River, Bradenton, Florida - Jiggs Landing to Linger Lodge
- What is the intercoast waterway?
- What is a manatee?
- OutdoorSteve.com
- Never say, "I wish I had paddled Florida's Suawannee River"
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