Shingle Creek – details have arrived

Let’s paddle Shingle Creek. I checked out the launch and take out sites today (Sunday). We will meet at Marsh Landing at 9 am and unload the boats. We will start the car shuttle to Big Toho Marina by 9:15 am. If you need more time then please plan to arrive earlier, We will leave someone with the boats, drive all the cars to Big Toho Marina, park in the huge parking lot, and bring the fewest possible number of cars back to Marsh Landing. We will paddle upstream no more than a mile, turnaround and paddle downstream past Marsh Landing to Lake Toho. Lake Toho is a big grass filled lake with channels for navigation. This will not be a repeat of the St Johns River trip where some members are still in therapy for their time on white-cap-encrusted Lake Washington. We will paddle to the east side of Paradise Island and stop for lunch at the county park (thanks to edward for this part of the plan), and then make our way to Big Toho Marina at the Kissimmee Lakefront Boat Ramp. Expect at least 8 miles of paddling. There will be bathrooms available at both Marsh Landing and at Big Toho Marina (Big Toho Marina, 69 Lakeview Dr, Kissimmee, FL 34741). There is no cost to park at either place.

Please review the maps to be familiar with the area.

If, for some reason, you are too late to join the shuttle then check in with Yvette or Donna at Marsh Landing for instructions.

There is a “boatload” of auto traffic in Kissimmee, so Virginia, just because google maps gives you an estimate of travel time required if may not actually be true.

Since football season is upon us I will go with a gridiron metaphor: we will be monitoring the weather, and I reserve the right to make game-day / line-of-scrimmage modifications to the paddling plan. Please check Meetup the Friday night before for any last minute updates. James cell phone: 321-591-9044