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LDP 2006 Canoe Trip to Florida
In December of 2006 the LDP experienced an 11 day canoe trip in Everglades National Park in Florida. The trip was planned by Nathan J. and Becky as part of their leadership experience at Medeba.

They planned an amazing trip with just the right amount of challenging days and a
neat variety of river and ocean paddling.
There are three choices for camping in the Everglades one is on a raised platform
called a chickee, the other is on old shell mounds and
finally there are campsites on the gulf coast beaches.
Nathan and Becky managed to plan our routes to
include two of each type of site. Amazing.
What is canoeing in the Everglades like? Well it is: Beautiful warm days, being the only
people on a huge beach, laughing around a dinner pot after paddling 26 km
into the wind, running madly for your tent to avoid the bugs at dusk,
listening to things splash under your chickee, seeing dolphins jump
near your canoe, carrying all of your drinking water and
hearing the Ranger say in a southern drawl,
"don't dangle anything in the water it attracts gators!"
It is also paddling a canoe on the Gulf of Mexico and
experiencing the wonders and majesty of God's creation.

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Last modified: December 20, 2006