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Day Six — Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Ivey Memorial Park to Gornto Springs
Again, depending on the weather, we may see a fog-shrouded river in the morning as we move farther toward our destination. Only 10 miles into this 21-mile day, we take a detour and paddle upriver on the Santa Fe River to Ellie Ray’s River Landing. During this one mile detour up the Santa Fe you will be surrounded by Cypress trees. This will be an opportunity to rest and maybe patronize the tavern there. But we still have eleven miles to go to reach Gornto Springs, a Dixie County Park.

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    Part of what makes this trip unique is that we camp on the river every night. There are no high school gymnasiums, buses or cafeterias to navigate. Everything we need will be on the banks of the Suwannee. Additionally, by now, we should have seen an alligator or two in addition to other native wildlife, such as limpkins, snowy egrets, great blue herons, anhingas, roosting bald eagles and vultures, and turtles by the score.

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