A short visit to the Seminole State Forest this afternoon, July 20, 2013.
Off work at 11:47, in the Forest at 12:35
I should remove the permit from the dash when taking pictures.
On Blackwater Creek at 12:54. The Creek continues to rise. I was able to slap the side of the bridge before proceeding beneath. The tree downstream that I went under and through two weeks ago would be a tighter squeeze today
Did not get to the downed tree. Last time's dead fall, that is. This is bigger, and blocks the entire Creek. I had been on the water just 14 minutes.
It looks like one could get out and portage around the left side. But that's too much work. I turned around.
Gator
The sky looked this adolescent blue heron. Cloudy with patches of blue.
The Moccasin Springs campsite. There were a couple turkeys on the left. Also missed pics of red bellied woodpeckers and several butterflies.
The up Creek barrier, ahead. 2:14 PM
Taken on top of a log. Turned around.
Landed at 10 after 3.
Bike ride. Saw a deer just before Loop Road
Not sure what this is. The cage in the clearing. No sapling inside. Lots of deer hoof prints around. Baiting deer? If so, not legal. Taking game on lands or waters upon
which corn, wheat, grain, food or other
substances have been deposited by
means other than normal agricultural
harvesting or planting is prohibited, except
as noted below.... From 2013-14 Florida Hunting Regulations
4 PM ready to head home, just before the afternoon storm hit.
We sampled 11 springs in Seminole State Forest last week. Apparently they've never been sampled for water quality before, not even the well-known ones out in the open like Moccasin and Shark Tooth (actually I think Moccasin was sampled once, years ago, by the county). It's part of the Wekiva BMAP project. Very cool, you'd have been into it. I knew there were a lot of springs in there but didn't know much about them.
ReplyDeleteCool. In both senses of the word. I know that the brochure you can pick up at the kiosk just before the gate used to state:
ReplyDeleteThree named
springs exist on the property which include Palm,
Moccasin and Shark’s Tooth springs. The version on the Forest Service website, from which the above was copied, still does. The latest version states:"14 named spring exist in the Forest, some of which include Mocccasin, Palm,and Shark's Tooth"