Water’s Edge Adventures

10/30/2024

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Oct 30, 2024 - We offer private kayak, paddleboard and snorkel tours at three sisters springs in Crystal River and at Rainbow River. We also provide rentals. We have professional grade paddleboards, clear bottom ...

10/30/2024

Water's Edge Adventures is owned and ran by Lena Lux and Scott Hanson.

We specialize in offering private, single family kayak tours, paddleboard rentals, and fishing charters. We provide unique outdoor experiences that connect our customers to nature, whether they are seeking adventure on the water or a relaxing day fishing.

In addition, we engage in hurricane relief efforts, assisting our community in recovering from natural disasters. Our offerings are designed to promote recreation and environmental awareness, making the outdoors accessible and enjoyable for everyone. We also organize events for youth groups, fostering a love for nature and outdoor activities among younger generations.

Please book your adventure today by calling us at
(352) 699-4221

10/26/2024

Water’s Edge Adventures is open for tours and rentals at Crystal River and Rainbow River starting Saturday November 2nd just in time for Manatee season!

We specialize in private family tours and sunset adventures. Open late for your convenience.

Please book your adventure today and save your date on our calendar for the upcoming season. 💖💖

352-699-4221
Watersedgeadventures.com

10/25/2024

Water’s Edge Adventures is open for tours and rentals at Crystal River and Rainbow River starting Saturday November 2nd.

Please book your adventure today and save your date on our calendar. 💖💖

352-699-4221
Watersedgeadventures.com

10/21/2024

Hello everyone 🤙

Stopping in to remind you to book your next adventure with us. Manatee Season is right around the corner!

Scotty will be offering his fishing charters soon!

10/16/2024

And that’s a wrap 🤙

Thank you Goodwill Ormond for taking our donated clothes to give to the community in need.
And huge special thanks to Jack Kirby, who without the donation of his trailer, none of this would be possible.

Water’s Edge Adventures is offering rentals this Thursday-Saturday and then we will be full time starting November 1st. Please book your adventures with us for Crystal River and rainbow River.

10/14/2024

Hey friends and family. Scotty and I will be home for a drop off in between hurricane relief runs.

We are offering tours or rentals at rainbow river this Thursday-Saturday the 17th-19th. Please call to book your adventure asap. After the 19th we will be available full time at rainbow starting November 1st

10/11/2024

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather-news/article293751369.html

“It’s been hell. You can’t brush your teeth. You can’t wash your hands. I can’t fill up the dog’s bowl. I can’t take a shower. I can’t mop my floors. But it’s fun. I don’t need the basic comforts.”

10/09/2024

Wednesday 9am: HURRICANE AND TRAVEL UPDATE

First—->
Milton
Prayers for Sarasota. Getting smacked with a 4 is no joke. Hope all those people were able to get out of there. But glad Daytona and Crystal River are in the clear. The cone pushed south so it’ll be a category one in those areas so just watch for falling branches and flooding from heavy rain. Hopefully there won’t be any tornados. 🤞

Travel Update —->
Yesterday we got to Ormond by 6pm, loaded up another full trailer and turned around and went straight back up north. Scotty didn’t want to get stuck in any bad weather if the storm came in early and plus with all the people evacuating, we were worried about getting out of Florida.

Scotty and I are exhausted so we’re staying in Charleston for the day. It takes so long to drive with the big trailer, we didn’t get in to Charleston until 3:45 am last night. The only positive side to that was that the roads were clear. So we didn’t hit any traffic. I wanted to stay closer to Ormond but all the hotels everywhere are completely sold out. Between Helene and Milton, there’s not a hotel room left from Savannah to charlotte.

So anyway, we’re spending the day catching up on sleep. I don’t know how to drive with the big heavy trailer so poor Scotty has been doing all the driving this whole time. He’s so tired, so I got us a second night here so he can sleep and relax and be fresh for tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning we’re going go to Banner Elk, NC to unload this second load and then stay and volunteer for a few days.

That’s today’s update.

Thanks everyone for following along with our journey and thanks for all the positive feedback. We couldn’t do any of this without the power of community support. It’s really cool to see everyone come together to help those in need.

🤙💖🧜‍♀️

10/08/2024

CITRUS COUNTY—> VOLUSIA COUNTY—>
GREENVILLE SC—> BANNER ELK, NC

10/07/2024

Spent the night in Greenville SC and met up with Barry Michael who used to play at Riptides Raw Bar and Grill in Ormond when I was a waitress there 10 years ago! Now he’s living up here in Greenville SC with his family. Small world.

Barry donated a bunch of fire extinguishers to the Water’s Edge Adventures hurricane supply run.

Please show your thanks to Barry by purchasing his custom “hurricane warrior” shirts by clicking the link below.

Like his page and stay tuned for more updates as we get this show on the road.

https://www.facebook.com/share/ZY5PVsNTmF8eSHXf/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

10/06/2024

UPDATE: SATURDAY 8PM

Ahhhh!!!!! THIS ISN’T EVEN ALL OF THE DONATIONS!!!!!

We still have 3 more stations that aren’t pictured here!

The community support is so overwhelming!

So the plan is:
Scotty and Lena will be picking up the supplies at
Vanessa L. Chaneys port orange location at 9 am
Jeff Fricks Daytona Bark Rick Location and
Amanda Glidewell’s Daytona Remax Reality Location

We also have to give huge shout outs to
Christine with Crystal River Yoga
Austin Lewis with Sea Clear pools and Spa in Ormond and
Shane Bonner with Chappell side in Palm Coast providing air drops
Lindsey Anne with the Edgewater branch going to Georgia
And Rhonda Baugher-Harrison for helping with the trailer and the port orange location.
All for doing their part with collecting supplies.

We will be leaving Monday morning for Hendersonville and Banner Elk.

Thanks to everyone for donating their supplies and monetary donations.

Scotty and Lena will most likely be doing a second turn around trip on Wednesday so keep the donations rolling in over the next few days.

“We can’t change the world but we can make a dent.”

10/05/2024

HURRICANE RELIEF SUPPLY RUN UPDATE
Saturday noon:

So if you haven’t donated yet, I just got off the phone with several people in NC at the command centers and such.

They said the workers need work boots, work gloves, socks.

Also they are requesting kerosene heaters, anything solar powered, and warm clothes and blankets.

Please get with me or Amanda Glidewell for last minute donations in Ormond or Crystal River. We are leaving tomorrow (Sunday) night/Monday morning.

Thank you everyone so much for all that you’ve done to help us with this supply run.

Today we have a truck going to Georgia and tomorrow our truck leaves for Hendersonville and Banner Elk. Next week we have air drops going to Asheville and surrounding areas.

Also it loks like we will be making this a permanent organization so stay tuned for details on that.

Venmo:

10/05/2024

Hi! This is Lena! I am currently accepting donations for our hurricane relief supply run to western NC. The last day to donate in citrus county is tomorrow, Saturday and the last day to donate in Volusia county is Sunday. We will be leaving Monday with a full 24’ trailer and heading to specific fire departments from
Banner Elk to Hendersonville.

Contact me for location drop off location details.

386-846-4012
352-699-4221

10/04/2024

We will be offering scenic boat rides, boat snorkel adventures and fishing charters starting this fall!

Book now to secure your date!

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10/03/2024

WE GOT A TRAILER!!!!
Thank you Rockin Rhonda for coming through!!!

I will be doing a mass pickup at all the drop off locations on Sunday and we’re leaving Monday

Contact the Water’s Edge Adventures Supply drop ambassadors to drop off goods:

Lindsey Anne is covering edgewater/NSB
Vanessa L. Chaney for Port Orange
Amanda Glidewell for Daytona/Ormond beachside
Austin Lewis for the Ormond Location
Shane Bonner for the palm coast location

Thank you so much to everyone for helping with the cause. We will be bringing supplies to small towns that have been passed over in Georgia and NC such as Banner Elk and Hendersonville.

I have been in touch with the town halls up there, several churches and the chief of the fire department to coordinate safe drop off locations on the receiving end.

If you want to donate to the cause and have use do the shopping for you please use our business Venmo or GoFundMe me

Venmo:

https://gofund.me/bdfde24b

10/02/2024

The Town Hall of Banner Elk, NC finally has their phones working. I spoke to a really nice volunteer lady and she is ever grateful for our help. She was so thankful for the phone call that it made me tear up.

She said that our truck and trailer will be directed to a safe location and to call her as it gets closer for an exact route.

She said our list is great and to include
Chewable benedryl
Tuna packets with crackers
Adult depends
They need lots of water
And everything on this list:

Shampoo
Conditioner
Body wash
Water
Nurse scrubs (they can’t wash them in their water)
Canned goods
Toothbrush
Tooth paste
Paper plates
Toilet paper
Kids toys
Plastic silverware
Lotion
Feminine products
Razors (men and women)
Gift cards
Kids clothes and toys
Baby wipes
Socks

Supply drop off location ambassadors for Volusia include:

Port orange: Vanessa Chaney +1 (386) 882-7622

Daytona: Amanda Glidewell with Remax Reality +1 (317) 966-1971

Ormond: Austin Lewis with Sea Clear Pool and Spa +1 (386) 337-2028

Palm Coast: location being confirmed.

Our truck leaves on Sunday or Monday.

For transport we need to borrow many gas cans because we need to bring the gas with us that we need to get back. So if you want to donate gas cans for us to borrow for a few days that would be super helpful.

Thanks everyone.
“We can’t change the world, but we can make a dent”

10/02/2024

Okay friends. The waters Water’s Edge Adventures hurricane relief supply run is coming together really well.

Amanda Glidewell is in charge of donation drop off’s in the Daytona/ Ormond area.

Vanessa L. Chaney is helping with gathering supplies in the port orange area.

Lindsey Anne has several restaurants

Tanya Kays has a drop off location in Palm coast

I have people in NC helping me coordinate where to go for that we’re not in danger or a hinderance.

Also it was suggested that we make personal care boxes that are under 25 pounds that have thinks like 2 tooth brushes, tooth paste, feminine products etc so that it’s easier for them transport and hand out.

Also we’ve been in contact with several helicopter companies to see about air drops.

Thanks everyone for your support.
Keep it coming.

10/02/2024

Hello friends and family.
Lena and Scotty have friends and family in the Banner Elk area of NC, which as you know has gotten severely damaged by the hurricane. It’s been almost a week and these people have no food, no water, roads that are completely gone, dead bodies of humans and animals, looting. All kinds of horrible things.

We are collecting all kids of supplies. I have contacted a church, the town hall and the police department to coordinate the best way of transferring these items to them being that they don’t want random people driving around, plus with the next storm coming, I’m not trying to get stuck up there. There’s also lots of air drops being done so that’s an option for supply transfer as well.

Please help us help them. We are collecting anything but they specifically asked for:

Baby clothes and baby formula and baby stuff
Benadryl for the wasp stings
Bug spray
Batteries
Nurse scrubs because they can’t clean their clothes with no water
Cleaning supplies
Pet food
Work boots
Ready to eat food like tuna in a can, peanut butter and such

Just to name a few.

Please make your Daytona/Ormond Drop offs to Amanda Glidewell
Your edgewater/NSB drop offs to anne and your citrus county drop offs to me, Lena.

We are leaving sometime between Friday and Monday. Sooner rather than later.

-We are still looking for an enclosed trailer to borrow. -Also we need to borrow gas cans to fill for the ride back cuz there’s no gas up there.

For monetary donations , which we will use on a shopping trip please Venmo us at or we have a go fund me going at
https://gofund.me/bdfde24b

Scotty and Lena will be in Ormond tomorrow, Thursday, if anyone wants to meet us somewhere in person for donations. 🤙💖

Please like, share, comment and donate to the cause. Ty

10/01/2024

Hello friends and family.
As you may know, Water’s Edge Adventures started as a non profit group cleaning up beaches and rivers.

Also as you may know, we have friends and family in the Linnville and Banner Elk area of NC which was just devastated by Hurricane Helene.

We at Water’s Edge Adventures are not ones to sit by and watch our friends suffer and we want to do our part in helping where we can.

Scotty and Lena are collecting supplies or monetary donations to bring to these people who are suffering beyond anything we could imagine. Things that they are requesting are but not limited to:

water, fuel and fuel cans, mix oil for chain saws, food, diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, toothbrushes
Camping stoves, wind up radios, batteries

I am currently calling non profit groups and churches to figure out the logistics of getting them these supplies so I will keep you posted on what groups we end up teaming up with.

If you are able to donate anything to the people who are stranded with no food, power, water or WiFi and are struggling for survival please contact us immediately.