I have not paddled McCoys Creek but I have paddled the St Johns from Exchange Club Island to downtown. I was joined by a pod of more than 50 dolphins. They were zipping all around me..taking turns looking at me up close. They are Big animals and were curious about the kayak..they could have easily flipped me but they just kept doing dolphin stuff.

I wouldnt be scared of gators i would be worried about dead bodies thts a rough area alot of shootings ive never seen any gators near there I grew up on the st johns too I only seen some in ortega or further south on the st johns great video.

You always shake like that or is it just from what you had in that little bag you put the loctight on? 😅

The sculpture is about the great fire of 1901. It burned to the water right there and several people died jumping in the river to escape.

Jacksonville and Duval County merged on Oct.1 1968, not the 50s

There was a turn table bridge for the trains before that one. Henry Flagler had it built in the 1800s to get trains to his resorts in South Florida.

Unbelievable man! Gators are the least of y'all's problems! You are in the absolute middle of the hood, especially the further you go up in there!

Access road getting to the launch is complete crap. Even in our 4x4 truck deal with almost a mile of broken concrete, pot holes, etc.

Why wearing cloth masks outside? Or anywhere for that matter? Silly.

I have been up there 6 times. it is a great hike and not too long. It is rated extremely difficult but as long as you are doing it in cooler weather it is not that hard. I live in Minnesota, it's about 1000 feet ASL here in the Twin Cities area which is about the same as Phoenix, the top of Piestewa is 2612 feet ASL. I've done a lot of hiking in AZ and never really experienced any problems with the elevation. I've done both routes up Camelback, that's a great hike also. The most challenging and rewarding hike I have ever done in the Phoenix area is Flatiron, it is more difficult but the views are worth it, I highly recommend it, just bring gloves and plenty of water.

Supposedly there is a spring there, any thoughts / sighting?

Nice! Been looking for some places to kayak with my kid in Jax. Hate driving in Jax 😂

Ya I wouldn’t do Jax waterways. At least the one on mainstreet under the bridge by the frisbee golf course is literally a cesspool for waste where homeless just pee/poop straight into the River. It has to run off right near where McCoys is. It might even connect to under the bridge where they do it. It’s absolutely disgusting. Looks like a straight up sewage plant where they stay under the bridge. Gotta stay out in the river or not downtown lol

They have lots of camp sites....and 2 walking trails. I planned to kayak my next visit...it stormed the day I visited.

Creating the US in the islands...shame that America needs to be recreated in these ports to satisfy American tourists....

If look up at the beginning of the arch tunnel it says “1928”

I got banned for no reason from their discord server. *DO NOT JOIN*

Ultimate dork

were you just using a wrist mount for your action camera?

Salt water. Brackish. Crab pots

Ifly

Idly is super fun but feels funny cause your floating

It would probably be a good idea to wear your PFD

Secret quarry?

we have a new addition that I would like you to try ou.

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Wooioooo hooooooooo

I love it that there's people who lived in Florida for years and still think alligators are gonna try and kill u. Lol alligators don't want anything to do with us unless there being fed by humans then they will get aggressive come looking for food. But other than that gators don't want anything to do with us. Also the only crocodiles we have here in Florida are way way south Florida in tue everglades. And everything else snapper turtles gator snappers and your common Florida snappers are harmless. Also the pic u showed was a alligator gar amd they are becoming quite scarce in Florida. But there are alot of Florida spotted gars which don't get very big and we have long nose gars that are harmless as well. The gars just suck getting off your line that's all. I've lived in Okeechobee and taken my kayak out on the big lake during breeding season and right right through Hu dress of gators before some bigger than my yak and they just slip off the bank or go under amd wait for me to leave. I've fished right in the middle of some big males and females trying to mate and caught bass right by gators. Honeslty salt water is way more dangerous to fish in a yak then anything because of the sharks once u hook into a fish depending where your at u gotta get it in quick so the sharks don't get your fish. Oh amd the sharks will come right up to your yak especially if u gotta fish on so salt water fishing is more extreme in a kayak. Anyways love kayak fishing and keep up all the good vids brother

The video would be better if We didn't have to struggle to hear what this lady was saying. Sure if you really try you can get it. I think it's a great video it's just the sound quality that prevents people from pressing the like button.

Did they put the Christmas tree there?

Beautiful views I want to go one day. So sad to hear about how low the lake is. Great and informative tour! Thanks 😊

At 985 feet the lake goes dead pool. At 950 feet the billion dollar third straw stops. Then, Las Vegas will have to trick in water.

I was there the spring of 2002 and June 25th 2022 this time with kids. Absolutely amazing for several reasons.

Not much of a dam anymore. Soon to be just a giant cement wall in the middle of the dry desert.

Lily really seemed to enjoy herself! ❤️❤️

Going tomorrow morning!! Thank you, stumbled upon this video and feel better with guidance lol.

Lol two dummies saying first

This seems to be a very charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

Pretty sure its not fresh water. Brackish at best.

Glad to see someone else take on McCoys Creek! Not sure if you saw my videos paddelboarding through but cool to see a kayaker's perspective on the creek.They're going to be doing a ton of work on both McCoys and Hogans Creek to make them flow better, protect against flooding, and improve biodiversity in the coming decade so stay tuned for that. Here are my videos on the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXy8hGiKp6qHbpo kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXbYiHukqMp3jNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWLHgnaBlsqYjbs

Lol idk how but i was on the cruise dont see myself in it sadly but I enjoyed it:)

correction it was the 1960s not 50s

contaminated that is a autoficial cre ak the actual creak was buried alive

Fun video all the way. Especially the cheeto dump. 12:58

Did you put in at the Helen Mellon park and if so, how far of a paddle is it to the fort? Thank you.

I paddled a little bit of that creek. I got to the over pass and there were homeless people shooting up drugs. Needless to say...I turned around and went back to the St. Johns

For the train, that's the FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge. It was completed in 1929, I believe. And has been in operation ever since.

When paddling against the current, try to stay closer to the edges. Its easier

The current in the St Johns is hella strong. I went to hang out under the Matthews Bridge and wow. Current is powerful

And we sat under the train several years ago in our boat