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tpierce220 
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Joined: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Oswego IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
 Topic: Blue Spring SP in FloridaPosted: 17 Feb 2012 at 8:29am |
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The pictures are totally cool. 44 days until April 1st, so it's 60 days until camping season. Yay!
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Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.
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TerryM
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Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950 |
Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 4:38am |
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There is a swimming section. That is where I took the pictures of the fish and manatees.
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RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4
Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 8:20pm |
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Nice! Do they have a section set aside for swimming? There was a spring-fed swimming hole in the FL SP we stayed at last April, we wished we used it more while we were there.
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dsmiths
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Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 6:49pm |
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Great pix Terry, that 3rd pix looks like a gar fish. looking at those pictures makes me itch to get the pod out and go man go.
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Dane and Donna Smith
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TerryM
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Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 4:01pm |
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The water where these were taken is about 6' to 8' deep.
Mother and child:   This was taken Tuesday morning. The water is 72* and the air temp. was about 40*. It made for some beautiful views of the river.  This section of the Saint Johns river has very pure water. You can drink right out of the river with no ill effects. It won't taste very good though because of the tannin that leaches from the trees. terry |
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TerryM
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Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 3:51pm |
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Blue Spring State Park is in the central part of Florida. The spring is a category 1 spring putting out 104,000,000 gallons of water per day! Yep, that is 104 million per day. The water flows into the north flowing Saint Johns River. From Blue Spring to the mouth of the river up by Jacksonville it is 170 river miles. The manatees numbered about 200 and swam those 170 miles to winter in the 72* spring waters.
The park covers 2,643 acres. Besides the manatee there are black bear, eagles, osprey, river otter, gators and Florida Cougar. The park has way too many birds to list here! I even saw 2 storks! Here is my campsite:  A tarpon:  Gar:  A sleeping manatee:  Manatees sleep on the bottom of the river. When its time for some more air, without waking up, they come to the surface for fresh air then settle back on the bottom. They do not wake up! Pretty cool! Getting a breath:  |
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Blue Spring SP in Florida
