Celi Voyage – Shark River
Posted: April 27, 2011 Filed under: Florida, Gulf Coast | Tags: Estuary, Everglades, Florida, Florida Wildlife Corridor, Mangroves, Shark River, Tarpon Bay Leave a commentPaddling the remote Shark River near Tarpon Bay let my mind wander to earlier times when pioneering gladesmen like Totch Brown poled their flat-bottomed skiffs through the backwaters. Having traded wooden pole for carbon fiber paddle and plywood for fiberglass and foam, my YOLO board felt like a 21st century legacy of the original. Peering though the mangroves at eye-level, I hunted angles for evening photography instead of gators for hides or ibises for dinner.