Withlacoochee River Kayaking (Dec 3)

The following was an email send by Faye & Ray
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The 9-mile paddle on the Withlacoochee turned out to be a very interesting trip - Ray had found some info regarding this area - we had a map of the river - we also had info from a kayak rental place - indicating that it was a 3+ hour paddle - so we decided since we were all experience paddlers we could do that without any problem - there were 5 hardy paddlers - John & Joan came up - our friend John R and the 2 of us - it was cold in the morning but warmed up nicely when we hit the water - we did a shuddle - since we were going to have lunch at a restaurant by the US 41 bridge. - We left at 10:50 - the river is beautiful - there was not much traffic - we paddled and paddled - finally saw a boat - how much longer to the bridge - oh about 5 miles - well we had already gone 5+ miles - Ray had a very important homeowners meeting at 4:00 (no problem getting to that) John & Joan had plans early in the evening - (no problem) - 2:30 we were still on the river and not sure just how much longer we had to go. FINALLY, we arrived at the restaurant (take out place) at 3:45 - John & Joan were going to miss their dinner engagements and Ray was going to be late for his meeting. We found out later that the 9 mile trip was a 15 mile trip - BUT it was beautiful!!!

Oh, yeah, on the drive home we found out that Ray's Homeowner's meeting had been cancelled.

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