Kayaking - Rainbow River

This past Saturday I went with a few frineds of mine for a girls day out. We went kayaking down the Rainbow River. It is about an hour drive north of us. The river starts at Rainbow Springs State Park and flows 5.6 miles down to the Withalacochee River. The whole river is spring fed so it is crystal clear the whole way. We started near the middle of the river at K.P. Hole and kayaked upstream to the headwaters at the state park. There is not to much of a flow so it wasn't very hard. We then came back and had lunch and then kayaked down the river about 1.5 miles and then turned around and came back to the park. The last little bit was the hardest of the day. We saw a few gators, birds and a family of otters. The weather was perfect, not to hot or too cold. You can tube down this river and we are hoping to take the kids some time soon.