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Originally Posted by Badminton
Sorry about your bad time. But to get you back in a happy frame of mind I see in your photo that you are stand up paddle boarding. I will be in Sarasota in a few weeks and will give it a try. It looks like a Blast! Do you still do it? Anywhere around the Villages that you can do it safe from gators? Any other SUP folk in the Villages?
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I go out to Lake Miona a couple of times a week (so far, the gators keep their distance). My wife and i have also done Clearwater, New Smyrna, Crystal River, and Cedar Key. We are planning on doing St. Augustine soon. We have a couple of boards and are hoping to start a SUP club here in TV. I even have a board supplier in Tampa who is willing to give the club wholesale prices on boards.
Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) is a blast and it provides an unbelievable workout. I started doing it in Panama in April and went out almost daily until we moved here in late August. During that period, I lost almost 50 pounds. It is not difficult--I am a klutz and I mastered it in about an hour.
Even better than the great workout it provides a great way to get close to nature. Because it is so quiet you get right up next to the wildlife. When we went to Crystal River we silently glided over a dozen manatees. In Cedar Key we had a school od spotted eagle rays go right under our boards. I regularly see herons, cranes, kingfishers and turtles at Lake Miona. Standing up gives you a much better angle of sight (compared to canoeing/kayaking) for observing nature.
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I am in a better frame of mind. If I just spent more time paddleboarding and less time at the movies I'd be just peachy!
PM me if you want to go out and paddleboard Lake Miona sometime.