Thursday, June 14, 2007

a day at silver springs

well me and sue went to a place here called silver springs. if any of you make it down here again we are defenetly takeing you there! the place is a natural spring river with about 7 springs, and they take you on tours of the springs on 3 different boat rides and all three are glass bottom boats! this is also where the original tarzan movies and series was filmed as with the original movie creature from the black lagoon and the tv series see hunt. this guy back in the 20's bought a bunch of monkeys and had them put on a island in there for something exotic for people to come and see, but he didn't know that they could swim and by the next morning they all we're gone, well he thought he bought one type of monkey that couldnt swim but he got screwed and the ones he got could swim and so they did! theese monkeys have been in the wild since the 20's and now range from jacsonvile to tampa! the springs have about 2000 in there and the surrounding state forest, we got to see some on one of the boat tours and all of them had yungins with them well most of them did.

ok now here's some pics of the boats and the springs
ok now this next one rob should like its a prehistoric crock's bones thats on loan to them its 40 feet long and has a 6 foot jaw bone!
this next pic shows the size of another one still in the ground
now here's more from the boats the first one is a sunken boat from perl bishon i know the spelling is off but you get it! 2 pics
ok these next ones are just random pics from the boats most of the boat ones through the bottom didnt come out because of the reflection.
we bought year passes to this place so next time we go(july 4th week) we will take alot more pics and post them. and also a link to the place. well got a bunch of things planed comming up so there will be alot of posts the next month or so, day trips, our reneck patio, and just vacation things so keep lookin lots to come.

5 comments:

Nope said...

That place is totally sweet! I've been in the desert so long that seeing all of that clear water is amazing. Lol, what's funny is that on your pictures of the sunken dinghy, there is a reflection of how to put on a life vest...aah the irony.

Emily said...

Wow you guys. It is beautiful there. And so much wildlife!! There were so many fun things there that we didn't have time to do when we came down. Calls for another trip I guess. I love the croc bones!! So fascinating. Looks like it was a fun trip. Can't wait to see more pictures of your future trips!!

Anonymous said...

Defnitely a place we want to get to next time we can be together! Monkeys in the wild in the US, how fun is that?! So much to see....so little time.

Beth

Heather said...

Every time I see this entry those supercrocs scare the crud out of me. Can you imagine coming across one of those?! I'd either wet my pants or faint dead away. Yesh!

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