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Camping Silver Springs State Park 4 or 5 nights

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Camping Silver Springs State Park 4 or 5 nights

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RESERVE YOUR CAMPSITE at Silver Spring state park. I have site 41. Come by for happy hour and trip details Sunday 5ish.
We will do 3 beautiful paddles up there and camp 4 nights. I have booked 5 nights for a longer stay Sunday to Friday and an extra paddle day.
We will paddle Silver Springs River, Ocklawaha River to Gores Landing, and Juniper Run the extra paddle will be Gore’s Landing to Eureka on the Ocklawaha.

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No plus ones / guests please. Each person attending must sign up individually.

Monday we will paddle Silver Springs upstream and downstream. If you only want to go downstr we will meet at the top and paddle down together arrange your shuttle beforehand hand.
We will be parking and launching at Ray Wayside Park, Northeast 28th Lane, Silver Springs, $7.00 cash to park. The whole river is beautiful. There is no swimming anywhere on the Silver River, there is only one spot to get out it’s about 2 miles from the head spring it has a ramp and porta potty. When we get to Rays wayside we load kayaks and give rides to those who left their cars at the launch.

Tuesday 8:00 we will go to Juniper Springs coordinates (29.1838667, -81.7120231) $10.00 to launch.Drop our kayaks and then do our shuttle to Juniper Wayside coordinates 29.205635 / -81.666837 parking here is free.
It is a long walk from the parking lot to the launch they have some carts you can use I recommend Bring your wheels
This is one of the best kayaking area beautiful you shou google it. 8 miles with the current with lots of twists and turns and a small rapid near the end.

Wednesday we will paddle the Ocklawaha River from Rays wayside to Gores Landing,Ray Wayside Park, Northeast 28th Lane, Silver Springs $7.00 cash to park only cars being left there need to pay. Drop our kayaks shuttle to Gores Landing 13800 NE 98th St., Fort McCoy, FL 32134 coordinates (29.2896570, -81.9271060). It may be $2.00 to park not sure.
Ocklawaha River is framed with tall trees on both sides, wildlife and adventure side creeks, paddle is approximately 9 miles with the current. No swimming.

Thursday for those that stay we will do Ocklawaha from Gores Landing to Eureka anot to beautiful part of the river with side adventures I think it’s 9 miles.

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