Wild and Not So Wild World - Beyond Tiki

A AlohaStation Tiki Socialite So FL Joined: Sep 27, 2004 Posts: 2434	A AlohaStation Posted posted on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:20 AM The rainbow ended at my house, so the fact that I love my family could be interpreted as my treasure worth more than a pot of gold. However the money would have been nice$$ Last week my brother got married in Pensacola (on 10/11/12), that meant a mid-week road trip from South Florida (9 hours). My oldest daughter and I left on Wed after school, drove all night and crashed when we got there. Great wedding, I got to spend time with all of the relatives, and have some fun too. We started back on Saturday. Along the way there are numerous roadside attractions that I like to stop at (its Florida). Perhaps some of my favorites are the Springs and rivers. North of Panama City on Hwy.20 is Pitts Springs. This is my old stomping grounds. Many intoxicated canoe and tube rides down the Econfina. At one point a few years ago Pitts Springs had a collapse and it cut the flow of water dramtically and what came out was muddy. The state has recently gone in and tranformed the spring into a beautiful roadside attraction. Free, with toilets and elevated nature trails that connect several springs. I like to walk up the trails and swim down the river back to Park. This is Pitts Spring... My daughter and I spent the rest of the day in Tallahassee. I took her to her first real college football experience. She's 13. She was very into the Marching Band. We stayed with a buddy of mine's daughter that is going to FSU. Her neighbors were having a party that had to be several hundred people. It was Parent's Weekend so there were few older folks too. She got to see some real wildlife. Sunday we woke up early and hit the road. Next stop was Fanning Springs on the Suwanee River. I love this place - it is right in the middle of my drive and right off a main highway. It has an elevated platform that you can jump off into the spring well. Its probably 20+' deep and crystal clear. So I dive off the platform and continue to swim to where you can stand. As I'm swimming I almost swam right into a Manatee that had set up shop - I only saw it at the last second as it stuck its nose out of the water for a breath. He hung out the whole time. You can see him in the middle of the picture. Last but not least. As I sit here and type this up. There is a huge flock of Parakeets outside my window. They are about to drive me nuts. They are extremely noisy! This is only a small number of them.

The rainbow ended at my house, so the fact that I love my family could be interpreted as my treasure worth more than a pot of gold. However the money would have been nice$$

Last week my brother got married in Pensacola (on 10/11/12), that meant a mid-week road trip from South Florida (9 hours). My oldest daughter and I left on Wed after school, drove all night and crashed when we got there. Great wedding, I got to spend time with all of the relatives, and have some fun too. We started back on Saturday. Along the way there are numerous roadside attractions that I like to stop at (its Florida). Perhaps some of my favorites are the Springs and rivers.

North of Panama City on Hwy.20 is Pitts Springs. This is my old stomping grounds. Many intoxicated canoe and tube rides down the Econfina. At one point a few years ago Pitts Springs had a collapse and it cut the flow of water dramtically and what came out was muddy. The state has recently gone in and tranformed the spring into a beautiful roadside attraction. Free, with toilets and elevated nature trails that connect several springs. I like to walk up the trails and swim down the river back to Park. This is Pitts Spring...

My daughter and I spent the rest of the day in Tallahassee. I took her to her first real college football experience. She's 13. She was very into the Marching Band. We stayed with a buddy of mine's daughter that is going to FSU. Her neighbors were having a party that had to be several hundred people. It was Parent's Weekend so there were few older folks too. She got to see some real wildlife.

Sunday we woke up early and hit the road. Next stop was Fanning Springs on the Suwanee River. I love this place - it is right in the middle of my drive and right off a main highway. It has an elevated platform that you can jump off into the spring well. Its probably 20+' deep and crystal clear. So I dive off the platform and continue to swim to where you can stand. As I'm swimming I almost swam right into a Manatee that had set up shop - I only saw it at the last second as it stuck its nose out of the water for a breath. He hung out the whole time. You can see him in the middle of the picture.

Last but not least. As I sit here and type this up. There is a huge flock of Parakeets outside my window. They are about to drive me nuts. They are extremely noisy! This is only a small number of them.

Post #656044 by AlohaStation on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:20 AM