{"id":6327,"date":"2023-12-13T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:07:21","slug":"more-paddling-more-biking-cooler-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=6327","title":{"rendered":"More Paddling &#8211; More Biking &#8211; Cooler Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjh5Hw6iULAO49i2kDNmpGyMYwFHxQsriqZQLCsOheI_T_4DG_1CVx3Kr426iaGpRn9R3ueTaQVfWDM4ab5zTHCY-op4EIzb8SRr5AOkdAiktuCcg9hq8x3IyZrURJsnHZBh7CkdYpbYzvkMsS2ryTNJZDoqs1oHS8n1890LTQ6M8EoB3BckN1aVYTiFAM\/s1613\/John%20Kayak%20Withlacoochee.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/John-20Kayak-20Withlacoochee-300x201.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1613\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kimberly-20Kayak-20Withlacoochee-207x300.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"744\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">We had a shopping and rest day on Sunday. Sunday was warm in the low 80&#8217;s and I watched the NFL games on my TV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">The Withlacoochee River was very low but it is still paddleable, Barry, Kimberly and me went upstream for a 6 mi paddle on Monday.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">On Tuesday it was back to biking and we took a long 31 mi ride to Floral City. It was a nice sunny day. Here I am taking a rest on the way back.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Rest-20stop-20after-2031-20mile-20ride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Rest-20stop-20after-2031-20mile-20ride-225x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjWw22dBKkqdKDTmktCxdSmigByQSREDQKQ31NRjymdx3EHCtz0Ocbg-53ROGFysUkU77jbeJXL_eGDBIJ5sLdj9gPR47M5paKOSjvXIQCus2LhvC1pY-_eq1ephCgdqFyMPzOhLMso8rwbN4W_bqfkz8_3Pt269F6QWHIJT29dh16c1DkcUX8sFtWOa_k\/s1024\/Starting%20Tuesdays%20Ride%20to%20Floral%20City.jpg\"><span style=\"clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Starting-20Tuesdays-20Ride-20to-20Floral-20City-225x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"768\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">On Wednesday we decided to Kayak again. This time down to Hog Island and back, a 8 1\/2 mi paddle with a very low water level. It took us 4 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ShortPeggyTalltable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ShortPeggyTalltable-300x169.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"506\" data-original-width=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">Here is when Peggy was at Hog Island for lunch, either the table is very tall or Peggy is short.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">On the weekend we will go separate ways. Barry and Kimberly plan to vist Erin Bethea in The Villages at Recreation Plantation RV Resort. I am going to visit my friends Paul &amp; Helen at their beautiful home in Inverness.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">On Sunday I will try to get a good campsite at Lithia Springs County Park near Tampa, and hopefully we will get together again.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a style=\"clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEin0VP3jIPypXCJSsVS8T-eRX9UI12jBgV1_-u_xXcM9pWiVVkhd1lzd_LEa3YdZFrxmd6VRDNVO3NuHlRqHSkTfa7Y7xsNMW-RKtSRXeDaSUD06vTe7PyzywBJRfJGprVNI8nJewQz4l5nzptwU1Wjd1fnyn7fbO6poohcc1qdOpGJPwsfezfidpF0Qc4\/s1080\/John%20near%20Hog%20Island.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/John-20near-20Hog-20Island-234x300.jpg\" width=\"313\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"844\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">There is supposed to be a big rain storm coming in on Saturday &amp; Sunday bringing 4&#8243; of rain into the Tampa Bay area. Maybe it will bring the rivers back up to normak levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a shopping and rest day on Sunday. Sunday was warm in the low 80&#8217;s and I watched the NFL games on my TV.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Withlacoochee River was very low but it is still paddleable, Barry, Kimberly and me went upstream for a 6 mi paddle on Monday. On Tuesday it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=6327\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More Paddling &#8211; More Biking &#8211; Cooler Weather<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2324trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6327"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6623,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327\/revisions\/6623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}