Yesterday we had a very pretty kayak trip in the Lower Suwannee River National Wildlife Refuge. We had a bit of a hard time finding the public access ramp (not very well marked), and then once we were in the river, we had to guess (correctly, as it turned out), which way to turn off the main channel into the minor channels and into the Refuge. But we did find the marked canoe trail with the help of a map that Gary had downloaded on his iPhone. We have had no cell service virtually the entire time we have been in this area, so location via a Google map was not possible.
We paddled up into the channels for awhile, watching for wildlife and for whatever else we might see. It is a beautiful cypress swamp area and as noted previously, there are flowers in bloom. Everything is wet and green. We saw two small alligators slide into the river to hide from us, several large turtles, a heron and an egret. Not a lot, but for a cooler day, not too bad. No wildlife photos, but I took some photos as samples of what is in the area.
