HELPING BY MAKING DONATIONS.
SO VERY EXCITING NEWS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD SEGWAY,
ANYTHING SPECIFIC COME TO MIND?
MALL COPS?
[LAUGHS]
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A PLACE IN
JACKSONVILLE WHERE YOU CAN RIDE
A SEGWAY FOR YOURSELF AND TAKE
IT THROUGH TRAILS ON FORT GEORGE
ISLAND STATE PARK.
SO RANCE AND I WANTED TO SEE
WHAT KAYAKING WAS ALL ABOUT AND
DID A SEGWAY TOUR FOR OURSELVES.
>> WE STARTED WITH JUST KAYAK
TOURS.
THEN WHEN WE GOT THIS LOCATION
IN THE STATE PARK, LITTLE TAL BT
ISLAND STATE PARK, WE WERE ABLE
TO OFFER RENTALS AND SLOWLY
EXPANDED WITH BIKE RENTALS.
PADDLE BOARDS WERE A HOT ITEM.
>> REPORTER: THE MOTTO IS YOU
DESERVE A GOOD PADDLING.
CO-OWNER JODI TALKED TO ME ABOUT
ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES.
>> RECENTLY WE ADDED SEGWAYS.
YOU KNOW THE THING YOU STAND UP
ON?
SEGWAY TOURS ON FORT GEORGE
ISLAND STATE PARK.
>> REPORTER: NOT ONLY ARE THEY
A BLAST BY THEMSELVES BUT YOU
GET TO DO IT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL
AREA MILES FROM AMELIA ISLAND
AND SURROUNDED BY STATE AND
NATIONAL PARKS.
>> IT'S A GREAT PLACE AND THIS
ESPECIALLY IS A GREAT PLACE TO
KAYAK BECAUSE IT'S -- WE SEE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE KAYAKING.
IT'S A PRETTY PROTECTED AREA.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
ANYBODY GETTING SUCKED OUT INTO
THE OCEAN OR GET A CALL FROM
FRANCE.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF RAPIDS.
NOT A LOT OF CURRENTS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SAND BARS
AND REALLY NICE SANDY BEACHES
WHERE IN THE SUMMER YOU CAN GET
OUT AND GO FOR A SWIM.
>> REPORTER: BEING IN THE
PROTECTED AREAS OF NATURE MEANS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE UNIQUE
WILDLIFE.
>> A LOT OF MIGRATOR
MIGRATORY BIRDS.
WE SEE (INAUDIBLE) WHICH IS THE
PINK BIRD.
NOT THE FLAMINGOES.
AND OCCASIONALLY DOLPHINS AND
MANATEES TOO.
SEA TURTLES, JUMPING FISH,
SHRIMP.
>> REPORTER: I DECIDED TO TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
AND TOOK RANCE ALONG WITH ME.
WE HOPPED ON SEGWAYS AND OFF WE
WENT.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO
MOVE.
THE SEGWAYS -- WHEN YOU STAND,
ALL THE MOVEMENT COMES THROUGH
THE SHIFT IN YOUR WEIGHT FORWARD
AND BACK.
>> REPORTER: THE TRAILS HAVE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF TERRAIN WITH
ANCIENT DUNES AND GORGEOUS WATER
VIEWS ALONG THE WAY.
ON THE TOUR YOU'LL ALSO GET
HISTORY LESSON.
>> THE GUIDE UP FRONT IS
POINTING THINGS OUT AS YOU GO.
AND YOU'RE -- AGAIN YOU'RE
REALLY EMERSED I THE
ENVIRONMEN
THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF THE AREA AND THE STORIES AND
ALL THE CRITTERS THAT YOU SEE.
>> REPORTER: WE KEPT SPOTTING
THESE HOLES IN T GROUND.
AND FINALLY TOWARDS THE END OF
THE TOUR, WE RAN INTO THIS
LITTLE GUY.
WE FINISHED THE DAY WITH
BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF THE WATER AND
WE'RE ALREADY EXCITED TO GO BACK
TO TRY ANOTHER ACTIVITY.
JODI SAYS THEY'RE OPEN NEARLY
EVERY SING DAY AND ENCOURAGES
YOU TO STOP BY AND DISCOVER
NATURE IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.
>> IT'S LIKE COMPARING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIDING DOWN
95 OR GOING FOR A HIKE.
YOU CAN GET IN A MOTOR BOAT AND
DO THE SAME THING IN ABOUT TWO
MINUTES AND YOU'LL NEVER NOTICE
ALL THE THINGS YOU PASS.
BUT GOING SLOW IN A KAYAK, JUST
DROP YOUR HANDS AND YOU'RE IN
THE WATER.
YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE WATER.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PART OF THE
ENVIRONMENT ARNDZ YOU.
-- AROUND YOU.
>> REPORTER: I'M ELIZABETH
CAMPBELL FOR RIVER CITY LIVE.
>> REPORTER: SO ALL WE SAW THAT
DAY WAS THE GOPHER TORTOISE BUT
JUST YESTERDAY THEY DID SEE AN
ALLIGATOR SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
YOU'LL SEE ON A TOUR.
>> I'D BE OKAY MISSING THAT
ACTUALLY
[LAUGHS]
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TO 5:00 FOR RENTALS.
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