Lots of wildlife was spotted: barred owl, hawks, osprey, egrets, ibis, kingfisher, red rat snake, cooter turtles, deer, wild pig, mullet, gar, striped bass, raccoons, and of course, alligators!
Some of the 14 paddlers began to worry when they saw the first part of the access creek to the slave canal shown on the right---most of it was much wider than this though. But then again, like the photo below shows, narrow creeks do mean hopping over trees quite a bit. I think we hoped over 3 and under another few.
