If you're looking for a true Florida kayaking/canoeing experience... you must do the Loxahatchee River run. Start in Riverbend Park. Then head down the narrow river, banks full of bald cypress, tropical plants growing on branches and trunks... and keep an eye out for gators, turtles, herons, egrets, and - if you're a fisherman - plenty of fish in the water. It's shaded most the way, so perfect for a hot summer day. (Pic above from Jonathan Dickinson State Park website)
You can do a two-hour there and back trip to a picnic spot at the second dam. Or keep going downriver for a more extensive paddle. You'll eventually hit Jonathan Dickinson State Park, which is more of a mangrove area that eventually hits the ocean. More boat traffic here too.
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