Thursday, February 10, 2011

Ichetucknee Springs and Olustee Battlefield

Now haven't I been telling you spring was coming, look what I saw today.
On our way to Ichetucknee Springs on a backroad I found a bunch of Hyacinths, they were so lovely.


In White Springs I saw a couple Magnolia trees in bloom


And also in White Springs a beautiful rose tree.


So our plan today was to visit Ichetucknee Springs State Park, which has a few natural springs that are always at 72 degrees so at certain times of the year it is very popular.
This is the trail to the Blue Hole Springs.


The Blue Hole.


And this little otter came out to give us a show.


The water is actually so beautifully clear it was amazing.






Very popular for canoes and tubes.



We thought these little elves in the woods were so cute, they are everywhere.



Next it was off to the Olustee Battlefield, this was one of Florida's biggest civil war battles and one of the deadliest in all of the war, some 3000 people were killed in 24 hours with only 10000 people fighting, so almost 1/3 died





It was a very lovely day, the temp was great, sun was shining and the countryside was lovely.
Overnight it rained again and so I am staying home this morning to clean house while Ron goes to do some shopping. Have a good day everyone.

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