an upwind Kayak trip from Rainbow springs Florida to the barge canal 

I wanted to find a long run that would start inland and flow out to the barge canal near yankeetown Florida. I found that I could start at Rainbow Springs, paddle down the rainbow river to the withlacoochee river, across lake rousseau, over the dam and back to the withlaccochee river then out to the barge canal that leads to the gulf of mexico. It was a great start, but quickly turned into a difficult workout as I battled a headwind all the way across the 12 miles of lake rousseau. when I finally made it to a good spot to stealth camp (beyond the 19/98 bridge and just three miles from the gulf) I had to cut the trip short due to thunderstorms approaching that would last into the following evening. I ended up calling for a ride and back paddling to a boat launch cutting my trip short. I'm going to have to do this run again, but with favoring winds and calmer weather :)