OPINION
Magnuson Hotel at Wildwood to host paddlers on Aug. 19
From the in-pool demos by trained, skilled instructors – to real deals on used watercraft of every kind – to educational & info booths inside – the Magnuson Hotel Wildwood opens its doors to paddlers with a passion!
This family event is a first-time opportunity for Panhandle Florida! Bring your kayaks, canoes, and/or SUPs – any *paddled* watercraft – to the swap meet: buy, sell, trade, upgrade, downsize, learn, exchange, unload, pickup – buy one, buy 10 – like-new, gently and/or not-so-gently used – we’ll have it all! When you bring it!
Our parking lot becomes a basecamp for adventure! All transactions are person-to-person – we’re just providing the hotel parking lot to meet up. With more!! Have a happy hunt for your next watercraft – horse trade, sell, or purchase – whatever works. Then observe the free demonstrations in the pool! We are very happy to present some splash time – safety and maneuvering procedures that visitors can observe from poolside. There’s more to fun and safety than meets the eye, so be there!
In the convention room, learn all about equipment, safety, our regional paddling trails, trips, and club memberships from statewide & local paddling groups! Presenters’ booths include the FL Paddling Trails Association, Friends of the Sopchoppy River, Apalachee Canoe and Kayak, Ochlocknee River/Bald Point State Parks, and others! Additionally, for your education, is Wakulla County innovator/designer Wesley Stevenson of ExpandaCraft, with a static display of his unique system and equipment for combining boats or adding outriggers. You have to see this – you might want to buy two canoes while you’re here!
Show your watercraft to other guests, make a deal, and then paddle away with the best set up for you. Update your fleet – add to your quiver – change your style! The meet-up is not a dealers’ show – not a commercial enterprise – this is all about you – to make sure you and your family get out on the water, safely, for healthy family fun. Wildwood Inn presents this family event (10am-5pm, rain or shine) as a public service in support of environmental conservation and sustainable eco-tourism in our region!
Get a paddler’s education, buy or sell something cooler than ever, and have a blast! So bring it!! Come one, come all – paddles up, get down – get here – Magnuson Hotel Wildwood Inn, 3896 Coastal Hwy#98, Crawfordville FL 32327 – on Aug 19th!!
For information & hotel reservations, please call Magnuson Hotel Wildwood Inn: (850) 926-4455 Or https://www.innatwildwood.com.
Christopher Brown
Event Coordinator
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