Dave's Yak Tales: November 2025

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Hillsborough River

With the Glen Lakes Kayak Club and Adventures in Florida. 20 paddlers from the former, 2 guides, Dana and I, from the latter.

I was the leader, on the River at 10:28.

Took about 10 minutes to get everyone launched.
Could have been longer. 3 people were unable to make it.

All of the photos in this Tale were taked with my Iphone 7 Plus. My camera is finicky. Did not want to mess around with it today. Ordered a refurbished camera Monday. It is scheduled to arrive Dec 4-24. Cable company must be the delivery service.

The Hillsborough is running low and clear. It is spring fed. Crystal Springs.

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The fleet came in at 12:33. This was the last of 3 fall paddles for the GLKC. They will start op again in the spring.
As always, they invited Dana and I to join them for lunch. We had to decline. It takes awhile to load 16 kayaks on two trailers.

Dana and I stopped at the Taco Bus in Plant City>
Had a bit of excitement on the way back to the Pfarm. A kayak came off of one of the trailers. On I4. I was able to avoid it as it spun from the center lane into the left lane. I pulled on to the left shoulder. By the time I got out of the van and ran back, two drivers had stopped behind me, blocking and directing traffic. One of them and I got the kayak out of the road, and on the trailer. I could not thank them enough.