It wasn't too crowded considering it was a Saturday, and the water was so refreshing in the 100* temperatures!
The water surging from the spring is channeled out here where it meanders to the St Johns River eventually.
Caleb and his son did some fishing here.
Just catch and release.
We enjoyed the antics of a blue crab, too.
Caleb did catch this Pleco by hand--it was like a dinosaur-ed fish because it was very scaled not with fish scales but with hard, sharp scales! The fins at the top of his spine were all spines, too! It was amazing and ancient looking! After a wonderful few hours we hiked back to the car and to our house for a pool swim!
After dinner, Ella and I had some time to crochet--she wanted to make a stingray which is a great beginner project.
I made a black and white one from the plush yarn-too cute!
This one I added a mouth on the underside!
The day was perfect in every way!!!
Whoa....that fish is AMAZING! I've never seen anything like it. What a beauty. We don't have stingrays here in the bay but we do have skates that look just like them only smaller. When they put their wings up they look like sharks. They can give you a big scare.
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