DAY TWO--PART TWO

Sunset Kayaking Tour!

By:Hanna Surfus

This incredible evening started at Get up and Go Kayaking in Tampa Bay. These kayaks were no ordinary kayaks... they were glass bottom kayaks! Once we loaded onto the kayaks we soon realized that we should have wore different clothes because we indeed did not leave this adventure dry. As we started off we learned many things from our amazing tour guide Jada. She told many different interesting facts about different types of birds we spotted, mangroves, fish, sea grass, and shells. About a half an hour in we arrived at a beach. This beach was part of Shell Key Preserve. You can only get to Shell Key by a kayak or boat. One thing that was very fun about this island was that since it isn't a public beach, it is amazing for shell hunting! As everyone walked down the Gulf Side of the beach I had a different plan in mind. I walked the opposite direction until I reached zero visible footprints from other tourist. As I made my way back into the trees a bit I stumbled upon some of the biggest shells I have ever seen. At this point in time I realized the others were missing out big time. I gathered as many as I could and jogged back to the others to tell them about the amazing shell spot. We all went back, gathered some more shells, then got back on our kayaks. By this time it was dark. We began to make our way back to the dock when a fish flew in Emma’s kayak!! It took forever to get the fish safely out of the boat. At this time we all turned on our LED lights and looked into the shallow water at different types of fish and sea grass. 











To end our night, we went to a little ice cream spot and got treats…bought for us by the incredible Mr. & Mrs. Park!



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