Wakulla Springs State Park. The first spring we will see
on this trip. Many, many more to come...
I thought this place was going to be a great big tourist trap,
which it was, but it was also great.
It was very crowded because there was a big
Thanksgiving brunch/dinner in the fancy Wakulla Springs Lodge. We were our
usual shlumpy selves and everyone else was dressed up. (It was interesting what
some of these folks considered dressing up.)
Excellent Ranger hour long narrated boat ride over the
spring and a part of the Wakulla River.
The water in the spring comes from a cave 110 feet below the surface.
Until about 30 years ago, the water had been crystal clear, the boats had been
glass bottomed and you could see the mastodon bones at the bottom of the spring.
Now the water is murky. This is mainly due to pollution from Tallahassee, such as fertilizer
runoff.
But we saw a great of assortment of birds, the 1st (also 2nd
and 3rd) alligators of this trip, and a manatee!
After the boat ride, we walked through a cypress forest on
the Wakulla Springs Trail. So cool! Cypress trunks have buttressed bases and
are surrounded by “knees”.
Thanksgiving evening to Black Friday we slept over at a Walmart.
More on that on the next post.
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After you anywhere near Weekiwatchi?
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