Out and About with Ruthie (aka Nickie) and Jimmy: One more trip down the Wakulla River

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One more trip down the Wakulla River

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Hey! Only one cormorant to a branch! Ospreys. We saw a head pop up in the nest.

Colorful swamp maples. Exercising and reading and enjoying the outdoors all rolled into one! (A pedal kayak.)

Today was turtle day!

Twas a fine warm day for a paddle down the spring-fed Wakulla River... till the wind caught us and tried to push us back where we came from! We persevered, and made it the roughly six miles down to Fort San Marcos de Apalachee, where the Wakulla converges with St Marks River. Saw one manatee - it stuck its snout out of the water for a breath right next to our kayak. We leave Tallahassee in a few weeks (for good), and we'll surely miss this river and St Marks NWR. Two of the best reasons to live in Tallahassee!

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Out and About with Ruthie (aka Nickie) and Jimmy

20100307

One more trip down the Wakulla River

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