Springs to Sea Outdoor Adventure & Education

02/24/2025

“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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02/20/2025

NEW BIRD ISLAND PHOTOGRAPHY KAYAK TOURS ADDED!
SUPER CALM WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IN THE FORECAST!

Sunday 2/23 - 9AM and 12PM
Monday 2/24 - 9AM
Wednesday 2/26 - 9AM
Saturday 3/1 - 9AM and 12PM
Sunday 3/2 - 9AM and 12PM

BOOK HERE: https://book.peek.com/s/b89089cf-59e0-4d6b-b993-2598379fb438/3y9q0

Questions, concerns or special requests? Email Rebecca [email protected] or call/text (407) 620-5978.

02/18/2025

Adventuring is good for the mind, body, soul!

Spending time outdoors reduces stress, increases resilience, and overall, just makes us feel GOOD! Friends and family who adventure together have stronger connections and better relationships.

Did you know that the UV rays from direct sunlight kill the germs that can make us sick? Also, direct sunlight helps our body produce Vitamin D that helps our body absorb Calcium for strong bones!

If you think you need a dose of sunshine, fresh air and Vitamin Sea, book Coastal Wildlife Kayak tour for you and your family. Tours are available most days at 9am and 12pm. Book your spot today!

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02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Day!

We still have space on our 2025 Gal-entine's Day Adventure tomorrow! Book your space online. Check the event page for the ticket link!

02/08/2025

Happy Black History Month!

We're a week late. SORRY!! Better late than never, right??

Black History has, and always will be, intertwined with environmentalism. The violence commited against ecosystems and wildlife is the same violence that the Black community has fought against for centuries and continues to fight against today.

During the period of slavery in the United States, the enslaved people did all of the manual farm labor, which gave them intimate knowledge of the land. Additionally, the enslaved people were often forced to forage what they could find off the land for sustenance because the plantation owners gave them the bare minimum amount of nutrition to survive. For hundreds of years, the Black community shared knowledge and wisdom about the land to grow food and survive.

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1818 and escaped to NY in 1838 where he became a published author and leader in the abolitionist movement. There's so much that could be said about him. You can learn more about his life here: https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm

While most abolitionist arguments focused morality, Douglass argued with scientific logic: that slavery was environmentally unsustainable. Douglass argued that farming depended on soil health, and that the plantation-style of farming was exhausting the soil in the Southern United States. Scholars from Universities across the country and world have studied the writings of Frederick Douglass and have explored how his connection to the Earth and his passion for the environment fueled his fight to end slavery.

Long before Frederick Douglass was born, and long after his death, the indigenous Native Americans have been sharing the same message of soil health, balance, and sustainability. United States would suffer the Dust Bowl in the 1930s as a result of the exact practices that Douglass had warned about. Will we ever learn?

Follow along to learn about Black history and its connection to environmentalism!

02/07/2025

🦩We still have space available for Bird Island Photography Kayak Tours on Saturday, Sunday and Monday! Tours operate at 9am and 12pm (except Monday - 9am only). We've had a beautiful weather pattern but it looks like winds will be picking up Tuesday through next weekend. Book this tour while you can!

🛶We provide kayaks, paddles, life jackets, dry bags (40L), anchors, and a helpful guide who is happy to lend a helping hand and keep an eye on island boundaries and boat traffic so you can focus on getting pictures!

🪶Pack your photography gear, car snacks and refrehsments and plan for a beautiful day exploring the wildlife refuge!

📲Book online by clicking on this link: https://book.peek.com/s/b89089cf-59e0-4d6b-b993-2598379fb438/3y9q0

02/04/2025

One of our resident wild flamingos taking a bath in the lagoon!! 🤩🫶🏼🦩✨🌊

Get your epic wildlife photos this weekend! The weather forecast looks great so we opened up “Bird Island” Photography Kayak Tours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Book online www.springstosea.com

02/03/2025

Daaang, Osprey! Nice trout!! 🎣🦅

01/31/2025

BIRD ISLAND PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS - You've been waiting soooo patiently!! The weather looks AMAZING for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

These tours are limited to 6 guests and your ONLY stop is Mullet Head Island, aka "Bird Island". There are dozens (if not hundreds) of different bird species that hang out in this protected rookery, including the AMERICAN FLAMINGO!

Your dedicated guide is there to help you and has anchors, dry bags, and extra gear all included in your tour to make sure you get those amazing shots while keeping you comfortable and your gear dry!

Other birds commonly spotted are roseate spoonbills, white pelicans, brown pelicans, cormorants, reddish egrets, great egret, great blue heron, snowy egrets, red winged black birds, osprey, tri colored heron, American bald eagle, terns, gulls, and so many more!

BOOKING LINK:
https://book.peek.com/s/b89089cf-59e0-4d6b-b993-2598379fb438/3y9q0

01/31/2025

POV: you just saw flamingos kayaking around Mullet Head Island (a protected bird rookery in MINWR) on a wildlife tour, and the sweetest red admiral butterfly catches a ride back to shore with you.

Red admiral butterflies drink from dung and bird droppings to get water, minerals and electrolytes, so it’s no wonder why it was hanging out in a well-populated bird rookery!!!

01/30/2025

The deadline to sign up for our Friday PreK Nature School is tonight! Register online at www.springstosea.com!

For one of our activities this week, we will be building motor skills and hand/eye coordination with Wooden Stick Person! They need a name! Should we give them googley eyes? 🤩

See you tomorrow!

01/27/2025

☀️🌴🛶🌊🐬🦩🐚🌻
A chilly start with an epic finish!

We had a blast operating kayak field trips for attendees of the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival!

Guests spotted flamingos, lots of herons and egrets, roseate spoonbills, cormorants, wood storks, eagles, osprey, dolphin, sea turtles, comb jellies, hermit crabs, and so many other awesome species of wildlife!

Book your own Coastal Wildlife Kayak tour with us at www.springstosea.com

01/21/2025

In case it’s not clear where we stand:

Violence against ANY of us is violence against ALL of us.

One people, one planet. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

01/20/2025

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963

Photo taken by Rebecca Chapman at the historic site of the Timucua Village of Nocoroco, located in Tomoka State Park in Ormond Beach, FL

01/09/2025

Thank you Talk of Titusville for featuring us in this article!! 🤩🙌🏼🫶🏼🌴🐢🌻🦋

TOMORROW is our next Friday PreK Nature School in Merritt Island National wildlife Refuge! Sign up on our website!

In a world increasingly dominated by screens, Springs to Sea Outdoor Adventure and Education, led by Rebecca Chapman, is reconnecting children and fam

01/03/2025

It was a super fun morning playing and learning in nature today during our first Friday Pre-K Nature School! We already can’t wait to plan fun lessons and activities for next week!

Enroll your family for next week’s class at https://springstosea.com/nature-school

01/02/2025

Flamingos & Nature School!
Springs to Sea Newsletter - January 2025 - https://mailchi.mp/07ceff7172db/springs-to-sea-eco-adventure-express-month-year-52571