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Kayaking with Alligators? Oleta State Park and Raccoon Island

Take the ClydeOutside Oleta Mangrove Quiz here: https://www.clydeharper.com/2025/05/0... Oleta River State Park, a pocket of wild, tucked just beneath the skyline. The sign warned of Alligators These mangroves, red, black, and white, are root architects of this coastline. Holding the land in place. Filtering the water. Cradling life. This is ancient ground. Limestone beneath my hull. Part of the Florida Platform. Once a coral reef, now the bedrock of a city. Beyond the mangrove tunnels is the bay. And just beyond that is the Atlantic Ocean. A sea turtle breaches the surface… and gone. I paddle toward the edge where salt meets skyline. And I find myself on Raccoon Island. The critters are friendly, almost too friendly. The beat of a party carries across the water. Thumping. Persistent. Like a second heartbeat, but not mine. Mangroves again. The tide has shifted. So has the silence.