Kayakers leave Boiling Creek and enter the Yellow River during the first-ever Kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
A water lilly drifts along Boiling Creek as the first-ever Eglin Air Force Base kayak tour passes by April 19. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Erica and Steve Laine, 96th Civil Engineer Group, exit one of the many veins of Boiling Creek April 19 during the first-ever Kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
A banded water snake watches from a tree branch as kayakers are carried down Boiling Creek April 19 during the first-ever kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Col. Bruce McClintock, 96th Air Base Wing commander, opens up the carnivorous Whitetop Pitcher Plant to reveal it’s decayed victims April 19 during the first-ever Kayak tour through Eglin’s range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
A butterfly stands along the bank of Boiling Creek April 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Taylor Tidwell, 96th Civil Engineer Group, takes one more look back April 19 during the first-ever Kayak tour through Eglin’s range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Dragonflies buzz around a drifting flower bud as it moves down Boiling Creek April 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Airman 1st Class Jennifer Pettus, 96th Medical Operations Squadron, readjusts her newly-soaked bandanna April 19 during the first-ever Kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
A dragonfly stops for a brief second on a branch April 19 in the forests of Eglin Air Force Base’s range. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Kayakers enjoy drifting down Boiling Creek April 19 during the first-ever Kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Okaloosa County locals were seen having lunch by the bank of Boiling Creek April 19 during the first-ever Kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Taylor Tidwell, 96th Civil Engineer Group, takes in the scenery of the Eglin Range and Boiling Creek April 19 during the first-ever kayak tour through the range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Devin Patty, 96th Civil Engineer Group, enjoys the scenery along the Yellow River April 19 during the first-ever Kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Taylor Tidwell, 96th Civil Engineer Group, holds an Eastern Hognose snake April 19 after the first-ever Kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range. The Hognose is a rare breed of non-poisonous snake found on the Eglin range. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Kayakers drift toward the end of the first-ever kayak tour through the Eglin Air Force Base range April 19. The five and a half mile kayak tour took 10 people down Boiling Creek and the Yellow River deep within the Eglin range. The scenic tour showed off Eglin’s unique wild and plant life. It kicked off Eglin’s week-long Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)