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		<title>Paddle/Hike Caladesi Island State Park for Summer Fun and Adventure!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adventurous Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[we launched our kayaks from the north beach of Honeymoon Island and pointed our bows to Caladesi Island. The morning waters were warm and calm which made for a nice paddle. Above us were Para-sailors decorating the sky with vibrant colors. As we neared Caladesi we were delighted to encounter large variety of shorebirds in a cluster. There were Willets, Marbled Godwits, Oyster Catchers, terns, and gulls mingling on the beach together and flying overhead.]]></description>
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		<title>Take a stroll through Wild Florida on Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk at Fakahatchee Strand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adventurous Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giant Leather Leaf ferns thriving amongst the Cypress Trees and a Bald Eagles nest can be seen up high in the branches of a dead Cypress tree.  An erie Strangler Fig can be a sombering sight seen growing over the boarwalk as you stroll underneath. Over decades of time this erie plant has slowly squeezed and suffocated its host plant, a bald cypress,  only to grow roots and, for no other reason, to take its place in the wilderness.  My mood lightens as I spot the fallen tree log covered with ferns and epiphytes.  We would not have this beautiful log hosted garden had it not been for the Strangler Fig....the "circle of life" continues on....
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		<title>Find Seclusion and Shore Birds while hiking the Sand Spit Beach Trail!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adventurous Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skimmers  would fly by from the north end of island, skim the water right at the shore and then circle over to the other side in counter-clockwise fashion.  I was fortunate to have them fly right by me on three separate occasions.  After two miles of treking down the beach and enjoying the scenery in the warm evening daylight, I came upon a Reddish Egret dancing in a side pool.]]></description>
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		<title>Buyer Beware: This “Waterproof” backpack is actually only Water Resistant.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 13:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adventurous Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[had stowed the Overboard Waterproof backpack in the back of my sit-on-top kayak. After riding countless wakes left by weekend boaters and my own little splashes from routine paddling, the waterproof pack ended up sitting in about 2 inches of water for several hours. The outside of the pack, of course was wet with splashes of water from paddling. After I removed the pack from the kayak, I opened the roll top to find that the contents on top were dry. My hiking boots and socks, which I had put in an oversized zip-lock back for testing purposes, were damp but there an the papertowels I had inserted at the bottom of the pack was soaked]]></description>
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		<title>Breathtaking Scenery in the untouched Salt Marshes of the Lower Suwannee River Basin!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 13:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adventurous Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["Suwanne River" "Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge" "Dennis Creek Hiking Trail" "salt marshes" "Florida Estuaries"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I set out to hike the Dennis Creek trail, I am amused at how the Fiddler crabs run abundant as they quickly scatter from my seemingly giant footsteps.  I veer from the main trail to explore the trail created by Fisherman along Dennis Creek.  To my surprise I see several oyster bars and two great white egrets feeding across the creek and a few fishing traps. The marshes explode with color as the lime green of the perennial glasswort and the brown cord grasses contrast with the blue water and sky.]]></description>
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