Florida Trip Days 11 and 12

Yesterday we drove from Steinhatchee to St Marks, Florida to meet our tour group.  Today we did the first paddle, on the Wacissa River.  It is another spring-fed river with the usual sites.  We put in at the head of the river

and it quickly got larger as the springs flowed in.

It was a nice paddle but we had heavy head winds in spots.  So it was not the gentle float we expected it to be.  We paddled a bit over 11 miles.
We saw a few alligators, including this one sunning on its own personal raft in the middle of the stream.

We saw lots of birds, including a large flock of ibis that landed in trees near the shore.