点评:I went kayaking here with my son. It was quite different from Crystal River, where we had kayaked last year. That was a nice trip, but for much of the time you are going past someone's backyard. The Chassahowitzka is far wilder, and for me much better for it. Only the very start of the trip, by the Seven Sisters Springs was built up, for the rest it was just scenery and wildlife. Almost before we were in the water we saw a porpoise and a manatee. In fact, there were so may manatees that by the end we didn't care to see any more. The main channel is where I would stay to see wildlife. We also went up a narrow side creek to The Crack, reportedly a popular spot. It is a small very deep spring. I hesitate to recommend it. The paddle up is through almost primeval growth, which I savored, and the spring itself is clear and quite deep. But.....it's also quite small, almost underwhelmingly small, and it gets crowded very fast. When we arrived, there were only a few other people and we quite enjoyed it, but as we were leaving an armada of canoes and kayaks started to arrive, more people than the little spot could hold. Also, the entrance to the creek is hard to find, and it's not marked, so you might need, as we did, someone who is already familiar with it to point out the entrance to you. If you can get there early, I think it's worth it, but if you see of lot of other people entering the creek, probably just stay in the main channel and enjoy the lots of sights that is there to see. We rented our kayaks from the Chassahowitzka River campground, and there too I recommend reaching early as the car park fills up fast.
翻译:我和儿子一起在这里划皮艇。这里和我们去年划皮艇的水晶河完全不同。那是一次不错的旅行,但大部分时间你都会经过某人的后院。查萨霍维茨卡河更加荒凉,对我来说也因此而更好。只有旅程一开始,七姐妹泉附近才有建筑,其余的地方只有风景和野生动物。几乎在我们下水之前,我们就看到了一头海豚和一头海牛。事实上,海牛的数量太多了,以至于到最后我们都不想再看了。主水道是我待着看野生动物的地方。我们还沿着一条狭窄的小溪来到了裂缝,据说那里是一个很受欢迎的地方。这是一处非常深的小泉。我犹豫着是否要推荐它。划桨穿过几乎原始的植被,我很喜欢,泉水本身清澈而深。但是......它也相当小,几乎小得令人难以置信,而且很快就变得拥挤不堪。我们到达时,只有少数人,我们玩得很开心,但当我们离开时,独木舟和皮划艇的舰队开始抵达,人数多得这个小地方无法容纳。此外,小溪的入口很难找到,也没有标记,所以您可能需要像我们一样,让熟悉它的人为您指出入口。如果您能早点到达那里,我认为这是值得的,但如果您看到很多人进入小溪,最好留在主水道,欣赏那里的众多景色。我们从 Chassahowitzka 河露营地租了皮划艇,我也建议您早点到达那里,因为停车场很快就会停满。