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A HIKE! RIDE YOUR BIKE! PADDLE YOUR CANOE!
Florida
has 85 active certified leaders
who led 230 outings with 2000
participants last year.
Volusia - Flagler Sierra Club
Outings
Feel like getting out and spending
some time with other local Sierra Club Members?
Come join in the fun at one of these upcoming outings.
Saturday, August 29. 5.15 a.m. Tubing the Ichetucknee
River
This is a Florida classic which every nature-lover should do
in their lifetime. We'll commune with the crystalline
Ichetucknee River which flows about six miles through shaded
hammocks and wetlands from the headspring which has been
declared a National Natural Landmark. We'll meet at 5.15
a.m. at the Gate Food Post at U.S. 1 and Highway 210 (about
a 20-minute drive on U.S. 1 south of The Avenues) for the
two-hour drive on back roads to Fort White where we'll rent
tubes. We'll then try and enter the north entrance of
Ichetucknee Springs State Park and try and be part of the
limited number of tubers that get to do the entire part of
the river that can be tubed ( this takes about 3 hours). If
we get shut out for the entire run then we'll do two
half-river runs. Bring lunch, water, swimsuit, towel, sun
tan lotion, a change of clothing, and snorkel face mask.
Consider wearing a T shirt on the river if you burn easily.
Entrance to the Park is $5. per person and tubes rent for
about $6. If you want to drive directly to Fort White then
meet us at the intersection of U.S. 27 and 1st. Street in
Fort White (the main intersection) at 7 a.m. Sierra Club
members only please. Please RSVP to Leader Brian Paradise at
bgparadise@comcast.net or on Meetup.
