This morning we loaded up the kayaks and headed to Sombrero Beach. We paddled to the Marathon marina where hundreds of boats are moored. After an hour or so of paddling, we came across two couples that were headed to the mangroves and they asked us to join them.
We followed them through a small opening in the mangroves and quickly disappeared into a narrow tunnel completely canopied by mangroves. In some places it became so narrow, we were unable to use our paddles and had to pull ourselves through by grabbing on to the limbs. In a couple of places, we found ourselves practicing the limbo to get through. It was absolutely breathtaking. The water was very shallow and we were worried that the tide would go out and we'd have to walk back out.
The path curved along and finally opened up into a small lake. We parted ways at this point, as they were going to continue on. After 2-1/2 hours, some of our body parts were beginning to go numb, so we chose to head back on our on. It was extremely quiet as we paddled along, so I mentioned that it would be nice to have some music. But when Richard began to hum a few bars from "Deliverance", I decided quiet was good! As a t-shirt I once saw read "if you hear banjo music, paddle faster"!
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