Mark Gluckman, expert professional kayaker, led a parade of ten University of Florida-affiliated folk in a five-mile paddle from the Suwannee River Water Management District-owned Lukens Tract on Monday, April 18, 2016.

At approximately 11 am, the group gathered at the end of the Lukens Tract at Lutterloh Ditch and met their kayaks, supplied by Cedar Keyan Tom Liebert.  Many kayakers sported cameras; some mounted Go-Pros; all wore life vests.

Gluckman’s plan is to lead the paddlers from the Ditch, past the Number Four Bridge,  under the Number Three Bridge, to luncheon at Cemetery Point Park,  to rest at Cedar Key City Park.  The paddle would take approximately three hours.

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