Stage 10 of the Suwannee Quest – the YakPak’s attempt to lead the Sandhill Chapter of the Florida Trail Association in paddling all 206 miles of the Suwannee River in Florida – one piece at a time. Today we paddled from Manatee Springs State Park to Fowlers Bluff. Nice ramps at both ends, altho wheelies are a help in… Continue reading Suwannee Quest 10 – October 29, 2016
Month: October 2016
Silver River Monkeys – October 14, 2016
In our blog on October 12 about our Silver River paddle, we promised some monkey pictures after we had edited them. In the late 1930s Colonel Tooey, who ran the river-cruise tourist attraction, bought several Rhesus macaques and released them on Monkey Island, near Devils Elbow on the Silver River. He thought they would liven up… Continue reading Silver River Monkeys – October 14, 2016