So down here in the Everglades there's this thing called the Wilderness Waterway. Ever hear of it? Yeah, me neither. It's this route that kayakers and canoers and super eco challenge type folks get a hard on for. And Steve got told by his brother Matt (who fits the description above) that ELF, our 24 foot Neptune, would fit through this waterway so we should go check it out. When asked if I was interested my response was I was up for it but under no circumstances was I interested in an African Queen moment of having to slog our boat through the brush. My name in Kate but Kate Hepburn I am not. Now here's a pic. Last one I got a chance to take before I was too busy keeping the branches out of the way of our boat. Yep that's a 10 feet wide waterway, our boat is 8 feet wide.
Oh and did I mention it was shallow? Like scrape the keel while hunting and pecking our way through no water. So yeah we ran aground but only once.
We survived and I saw a Spoonbill, like super up close, so now that I'm sitting in a nice protected cove with turtles swimming around I guess I can say it was worth it. I guess.
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