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| Happy 4th of July from Fort De Soto |
Against my best judgement agreed to drive to St. Pete to Fort De Soto on the 4th of July, specially after paddling 10+ miles at the Silver River the day before. Had a short entertaining easy paddle there and even came out with some nice pics, not too many, but enough to post a few here.
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| Laughing Gull |
Put In / Take Out: Fort De Soto County Park. Check the link for information. Once in the park you can put in in several different areas. I did put in close to the kayak canoe rental facility at the South West side of the park.
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| Osprey |
If you use the map to follow my route did put in near the the canoe sign, that is Soldier's Hole, paddled North to the first opening into the Mullet Bayou. The paddled North again to the very North tip of the park. I was trying to see dolphins and thought that the area was going to give me the best chance to do so. Did not happen though. Was sore from Friday's paddle so took a break under a shade and thought about crossing to the other side. The huge amount of motor boat traffic, at very high speeds should be added, convinced me not to do it so returned to the put in. Here are the pics of what I saw...
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| Green Heron |
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| Green Heron |
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| Manatees |
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| Manatee |
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| Exiting Soldier's Hole |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Cormorant |
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| Cormorant |
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| Osprey |
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| Osprey |
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| Osprey |
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| Magnificent Frigate Bird (first decent pic I got from this one) |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Laughing Gull |
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| Cormorant |
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| Laughing Gull |
The last 5 pics above are from the fishing pier. Spotted a dolphin but when came back with the camera it was nowhere to be found. Anyways, this is it for this one. Thanks for checking us and considered yourself invited for our next post. We will be sharing with you more Views From Our Kayak.
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