I planned on playing golf today but instead Janet and I rented a row boat with an eight horse power motor and did a four hour exploration of the Withlacoochee and Rainbow rivers that are about 7 miles from our RV park in Dunnellon, Florida. The unique thing about the Rainbow river is that it starts about 5 miles from where we started our journey from a hugh underground spring. Since the river is supplied entirely by spring water it is perfectly clear and is 72 degrees year round. This is one reason the manatees spend some of the winter months in this river. You can see the bottom perfectly even when you are in 20 ft deep water. The Withlacoochee, besides having an unusual name, reminds you of the TV show Swamp People which takes place in Louisiana. In some of the pictures below it looks just like the Louisiana swamp with the hugh birds, turtles and cypress trees although we didn't see any alligators. The river also has many little inlets and smaller rivers joining it so you have to pay attention to where you are going so you don't get lost Below are some of the pictures we took of today's boat trip.
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| Huli was reluctant to drive at first. Then I couldn't get her to give it up. She was the boat captain for about three of our four hour trip. She did good though. |
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| Having an air boat on this river would be really cool. |
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| A really neat cloud. |
