Today the delinquents and I went to Indian Key, a small quaint island off somewhere in the Atlantic, super fun. But we didn't just GO there, we kayaked there, all the way there, and it was epic! So we started off driving to Robbie's Marina and little tourist market place in which you could rent kayaks, which we did. We promptly began kayaking under the blistering sun with nothing but open waters surrounding us. Open waters that were extremely shallow to the eye, but if you put your paddle down to the sandy bottom, it sunk a foot! Anyways we paddled some and arrived at some Mangroves which in case you didn't know are these huge trees that can control their roots and grow all funky like and make tunnels, which we went under. It was super difficult to navigate through them because your paddles would get stuck but that's ok because the wildlife was amazing! Little crabbies hanging on branches, fishes chilling in between the roots etc. We came across a really chill crocodile that did not care that we were there and didn't move at all, so we got really majestic pictures off it. After that we went in for lunch, goofed around the market a bit then got ready to go to Indian Key. WE paddled for what seemed like ages and then arrived to the forest covered island. There's a lot of history to the island (can someone else insert that I'm to lazy or just google it). Some children went snorkeling where you could see some of the following creatures: donkey dung sea cucumbers, crabs, queen conchs, sea urchins (black pointy balls of death), fish (obviously), nurse sharks, fireworms etc.
All in all an amazing day full of wonder and spectacularness and an experience that I will never forget!
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