{"id":90,"date":"2024-08-26T01:12:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T01:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2025-04-11T01:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T01:51:35","slug":"what-happened-to-the-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"What happened to the duck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An iconic yellow ducky who&#8217;s been part of the landscape on the Rainbow River in Dunnellon, Fl for years is no longer with us. The yellow ducky I&#8217;m referring to used to float just north of Swampy&#8217;s restaurant on the Rainbow River. I was informed by one of the employees at Swampy&#8217;s the other night that the yellow ducky had been struck by a floating branch and began to sink so the owners had it removed. I sincerely hope they can fix him and bring him back! Many people who float, kayak, or canoe the Rainbow River probably know this huge yellow ducky because it has been docked behind the owner&#8217;s house for years and used once a year in Dunnellon&#8217;s Rainbow River celebration.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.06\u202fPM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.06\u202fPM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.06\u202fPM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.06\u202fPM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.06\u202fPM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.06\u202fPM-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.06\u202fPM-1140x855.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.28\u202fPM-1024x764.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.28\u202fPM-1024x764.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.28\u202fPM-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.28\u202fPM-768x573.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.28\u202fPM-1536x1146.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.28\u202fPM-2048x1528.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-18-at-9.54.28\u202fPM-1140x851.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Swampy&#8217;s Restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Everyone who has visited Dunnellon, kayaked the Rainbow River or has eaten at Swampy&#8217;s has probably seen this little ducky floating just to the north of the restaurant on the river. It would be a pity to lose the duck for good.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-1024x677.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-1024x677.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-768x508.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-1536x1016.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-2048x1354.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-1140x754.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-11.10.12\u202fPM-scaled-600x397.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM-675x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM-675x1024.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM-198x300.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM-768x1166.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM-1012x1536.jpeg 1012w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM-1349x2048.jpeg 1349w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM-1140x1730.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-01-at-9.49.14\u202fPM.jpeg 1360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An iconic yellow ducky who&#8217;s been part of the landscape on the Rainbow River in Dunnellon, Fl for years is no longer with us. The yellow ducky I&#8217;m referring to used to float just north of Swampy&#8217;s restaurant on the Rainbow River. I was informed by one of the employees at Swampy&#8217;s the other night &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/?p=90\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What happened to the duck?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsdiscoverflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}