The Everglades by Canoe!

This morning we left our boat by bike around 9:30. We waited for the no-seeums to stop biting before we ventured out. We biked to the rangers station, were we signed up for a guided canoe trip. The loop was about five miles long and when we left we were into the wind and current. We were fresh from sleep and it was a good thing. It's been a long time since I've had so much upper body work. I'm sure I'll hurt tomorrow but that's another day. We were out for about four hours. We stopped and tied to the mangrove trees for a quick lunch beak and rest. We were not able to get out because the tied was higher than normal and didn't expose any of the sandy beaches. We did stop at a shell mound where the Calusa Indians once lived but the bugs were too much to hang around for very long.

When we returned to ranger station, Larry and I went in search of food for dinner. We went to the Carmellia Street Cafe. One of the visitors on the canoe trip recommended it to us. She said it was where the locals eat. She had eaten there yesterday and said it was good and she was right. I liked it better than last night.

I don't think either of us will be up late tonight. Tomorrow morning we will leave and anchor at Little Shark River for the night. It will be on to Marathon on Friday.