{"id":45092,"date":"2023-03-10T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45092"},"modified":"2025-03-16T17:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T17:49:33","slug":"kayak-on-little-manatee-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45092","title":{"rendered":"Kayak on Little Manatee River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kayak-1st-IMG_6168-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45161 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kayak-1st-IMG_6168-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9530.jpg\">215 Lightfoot Road<\/a><br \/>\nWimauma FL 33598<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9504-scaled.jpg\">Swimming with alligators<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=9993\">A little Amazon<\/a> in Florida:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=9993\">Little Manatee River State Park<\/a> is one of blackwater rivers in southwest Florida and the most pristine.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#swimming with #aligators\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H9eYR3aRXsc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackwater_river\">blackwater river<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. The darkness comes from vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black tea.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#kayak on the #LittleManateeRiver\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gqrppvbmd5I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LManatee_guide-2_0.pdf\">This park begins<\/a> in a swampy area near Fort Lonesome and travels west nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridastateparks.org\/parks-and-trails\/little-manatee-river-state-park\">40 miles<\/a>, to merge into Tampa Bay from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=87239\">E.G. Simmons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9392-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45157 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9392-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9392-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9392-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9392-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>One of the friends said that the tide was below sea level when we started.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve done canoeing in the Delaware River many times, especially during the spring when the rapids are strong. Kayaking on the Little Manatee is different, the water is very calm, and couple of times the water is so shallow, we have to get off the boat to push. Weight of the paddlers do make difference. For newbies, it&#8217;s better to rent flat bottom kayak.<\/p>\n<p>We started from Access Point #1 and rent from Canoe Outpost. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridastateparks.org\/parks-and-trails\/little-manatee-river-state-park\/hours-fees\">fees are<\/a> $5 parking $30 rental that includes van pick up for 1; two paddlers in a kayak is about $50.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9484-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45097 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9484-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOne of interesting posts we&#8217;ve seen is\u00a0<\/span>this<span style=\"font-size: revert;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Y&#8217;all better paddle faster I hear BANJO music<\/p>\n<p>Suppose a homepage paid to <em>Deliverance<\/em>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deliverance\">1972<\/a> thriller film by Boorman, starring Burt Reynolds (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burt_Reynolds\">1936<\/a>-2018)? A few men went on a canoe trip &#8230; and one of them was being raped\/molested by a group of locals &#8230;\u00a0\u201cPaddle faster, I hear banjos\u201d becomes a phrase, perhaps means immediate danger or bunch of really stupid people. We all got a good laugh out of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9344-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9344-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9349-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9349-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9366-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9366-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9372-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9372-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9382-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9382-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9504-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9504-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>215 Lightfoot Road Wimauma FL 33598 Swimming with alligators &#8230; A little Amazon in Florida:\u00a0Little Manatee River State Park is one of blackwater rivers in southwest Florida and the most pristine. A blackwater river\u00a0has\u00a0slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. The darkness comes from vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}