A Week at Silver Springs State Park - Part I

Upon leaving the TREK rally at The Springs RV Resort we motored a whopping 4 miles to the campground at Silver Springs State Park where we had a reservation for the next 8 nights.  Also staying at the park were 4 other couples who are paddling friends of ours from North Carolina. This was to be a week of non-stop paddling.  During our stay we paddled the Silver River (twice), the Ocklawaha River (twice on two sections) and Alexander Creek.  This region of central Florida is a great paddling destination.

Site 52 at Silver Springs State Park

I seem to be developing a fondness for producing slick slide/video presentations.  Click HERE to view a multimedia presentation representing 2 paddles on the Silver River.  The Tarzan yell at the beginning of the video is in memory of our good friend Bob Benner who passed in December 2019.  We paddled with Bob a number of times on the Silver River and on every trip he entertained us with the best Tarzan yell I have ever heard.  I miss Bob.

The following series of photos are from the 2 days paddling on the Silver River.

Jim and Ann and Sunshine

Wayne and Lynda

These pictures are for the birds:

Mr. Limpkin

A great blue heron on the wing

A stack of yellowbelly sliders

American white ibis

Dorcas says "back paddle now!"

A green heron stretching his neck

The anhinga aka American darter, or water turkey,

My family

 

Little blue heron

A pair of wood ducks

Gator wannabe

Great blue heron

"Get off my log!"

"Where's mama?"

Osprey aka fish hawk

Great egret

The Silver River is famous for the troops of free-ranging rhesus macaques that live along the shore. To read more about the monkeys click HERE.

Female anhinga

Great blue heron on the wing

And the week is only half over!  Stay tuned.  More adventures will follow!