September 14th, 2007 – Homosassa Springs!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.14, 2007, under Florida Outdoors!, What\'s New?
After returning to land from the island lunch we headed over to Homosassa Springs State Park. Sandra had frequented the park often through her life. She has seen it as a tourist attraction and, after the state bought it, as a state park. This was my first visit inside the park. Lots of animals everywhere. Even the hippo Sandra had fed lettuse to as a young girl was still there. The hippo’s name today is Luce. The name is not honoring the creator of Time magazine, it’s a shorter version of his original name, Lucifer.
We went into the underground viewing area of the river and saw mostly snook and a few other fish. We were surprised by the giant figure that filled the plexiglass window. A mantee rounded the viewing area twice. It was a quiet day at Homosassa Springs and Sandra and I had the underwater area pretty much to ourselves. The drawing above is of one of the snooks.
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September 17th, 2007 on 8:03 pm
Hope you’re ok by the time you read this!