Today was our first day back in civilization. It felt so good to sleep in and not having to worry about breaking down camp. Ben had to head back around 12 or so, but I had a free day so my family and I stayed behind. Yesterday I saw a bunch of redfish getting scared off of a flat about 2 miles from the end. I wasn't able to try and fish because we had to keep paddling, so I wanted to make sure that I at least tried to catch them today. Well, after 10 days I still wasn't tired of my little red kayak and my dad and I relaunched them this afternoon to go try to catch dinner. We saw a bunch of fish but were only able to catch one redfish and a couple of freshwater largemouth bass right on the edge of the gulf.
Later in the afternoon, my family and I stopped by the Apalachicola Riverkeeper. A woman named Shannon showed us around the office and gave us thirty minutes worth of information about the importance of the river to the ecosystem. Basically the river supplies fresh water that the entire estuary system needs to survive. The water in the river is completely fresh almost all the way to the gulf, and the Apalachicola Bay water is brackish (meaning half fresh and half salt). This type of environment is perfect for baby fish and other species as supposedly the larger predators do not like the brackish water. We really enjoyed our time at the office and I will be in touch with Shannon throughout the remainder of the project.
The rest of the day we drove home.
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