O'Leno State Park Camping (High Springs, Florida)
O'Leno State Park in High Springs, Florida approximately 21 miles due south of Lake City. Rustic but nice camping. Santa Fe river disappears and goes underground for about 3 miles and reappears in the park system. This park is very close to the Ichetucknee River which a popular tubing river run. Loads of day use activities at this park.
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Alligator Festival at O'leno State Park-Lake City Journal (hi res version)
History comes alive at O'Leno State Park as Seminole Indian, pioneer, and military re-enactors celebrate the history of the Lake City area. The focus is on the period between Spanish transfer to the United States up until the Civil War. This weekend's events include a battle re-enactment, living history exhibits, and crafts.
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Blue Hole Spring
Blue Hole Spring
12 July 2015
Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Fort White, Florida, United States
Trip on Santa Fe river
Josh, mom and I went on a canoe trip on the Santa Fe river. We had so much fun.
Fanning Springs State Park
This video is about Fanning Springs Stste Park. Did not paddle due to conditions but had a good time.
Econo Lodge Alachua - Alachua Hotels, Florida
Econo Lodge Alachua 2 Stars Alachua Hotels, Florida Within US Travel Directory Econo Lodge® hotel is located near the University of Florida. Major attractions near this hotel include Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Ginnie Springs Outdoors freshwater springs, Poe Springs Park and Rum Island park, located on the banks of the Santa Fe River, offering swimming, tubing, canoeing and underwater caves.Nearby O'Leno State Park features camping, swimming, boating, fishing, nature trails, bicycle trails, horseback riding and a playground. The Gainesville Regional Airport is only 10 minutes away. Hotel is also close to shopping and several restaurants.Guests will enjoy many hotel amenities, including a free continental breakfast and free coffee, served daily in the lobby. Be sure to take advantage of the large seasonal outdoor pool.Business travelers will appreciate additional conveniences like free wired and wireless high-speed Internet access in all rooms, a public computer with Internet connection, and copy and fax services.All guest rooms are tastefully furnished and include refrigerators, microwaves, irons, ironing boards, hair dryers and coffee makers. Whirlpool bathtubs are featured in certain rooms. Non-smoking rooms are also available.Pets are welcome to stay with a small nightly fee. Laundry facilities are located on the premises for added convenience.
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Econo Lodge Alachua, 15920 Northwest US Highway 441 FL 32615, USA
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Santa Fe River Canoe Trip
Santa Fe River canoe camping trip with a overnight at Lily Springs .
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Econo Lodge Alachua in Alachua FL
Reserve: . . . . . . . .. .. ... . . . . Econo Lodge Alachua 15920 Northwest US Highway 441 Alachua FL 32615 Econo Lodge® hotel is located near the University of Florida. Major attractions near this hotel include Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Ginnie Springs Outdoors freshwater springs, Poe Springs Park and Rum Island park, located on the banks of the Santa Fe River, offering swimming, tubing, canoeing and underwater caves. Nearby O'Leno State Park features camping, swimming, boating, fishing, nature trails, bicycle trails, horseback riding and a playground. The Gainesville Regional Airport is only 10 minutes away. Hotel is also close to shopping and several restaurants. Guests will enjoy many hotel amenities, including a free continental breakfast and free coffee, served daily in the lobby. Be sure to take advantage of the large seasonal outdoor pool. Business travelers will appreciate additional conveniences like free wired and wireless high-speed Internet access in all rooms, a public computer with Internet connection, and copy and fax services. All guest rooms are tastefully furnished and include refrigerators, microwaves, irons, ironing boards, hair dryers and coffee makers. Whirlpool bathtubs are featured in certain rooms. Non-smoking rooms are also available. Pets are welcome to stay with a small nightly fee. Laundry facilities are located on the premises for added convenience.
Rum Island County Park in Fort White, Florida
Quick peek at Rum Island County Park in Fort White Florida- fishing, swimming, paddling & natural springs on the Sante Fe River. Couldn't find any rum, though!
Fanning Springs State Park
Trip to Torreya
Weekend backpacking trip to Torreya State Park in Florida. Torreya is located on the Apalachicola River.
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Old Bellamy Road Alachua County Florida
The Bellamy Road was the first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida.
In 1824, only five years after Florida became a United States territory (and the same year that Alachua County itself was created), Congress authorized the construction of its first federal highway. It would be a 25-foot (7.6 m) wide road, connecting Pensacola to St. Augustine. The Florida Territorial Council commissioned John Bellamy, a Monticello plantation owner, to build Bellamy Road. The project took two years to complete, at a cost of $20,000. The route would become known as the Bellamy Avenue. It was a major highway until the Civil War, when other roads became preferred routes. A few of the places it passed were the town of Traxler, the Santa Fe Taloca Spanish Mission, and what would become Newnansville.
U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Burch had the contract for the entire job and put Bellamy in charge of the $13,500 section from Picolata on the St. Johns River to the Ochlockonee River. To survey the route, Burch with a detachment marched from Pensacola beginning Oct. 22, 1823 and reached St. Augustine Nov. 25, 1823, a distance of 445 miles (716 km). Bellamy used his own equipment and slaves, and completed his portion of the road in May 1826. Construction was delayed by heavy rains and Indian attacks.
Tree stumps were cut within one foot of the ground to allow wagon axles to clear them. Sometimes one lone stump would be a bit higher and would strike the floorboard of a wagon, sometimes jarring it completely apart, resulting in the road receiving the ominous nickname Stump-Knocker. The roadbed was typically not built up over wet areas. Instead, logs were placed in the path that resulted in a frequently bumpy ride.
The original road crossed Alachua County along the route of the Old Mission Trail, a trail widely used by Indians and Franciscan missionaries, running from near Santa Fe Lake through a swampy, forested hammock between present-day O'Leno State Park and River Rise Preserve State Park. It is here where the Santa Fe River disappears underground and travels three miles (5 km) before re-appearing. This area became a perfect natural crossing for the road. It was the first Federal highway in Florida, and opened the interior of north Florida to settlers.
The Congressional act read:
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be opened, in the territory of Florida, a public road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, commencing at Deer Point, on the bay of Pensacola, and pursuing the Old Indian Trail to the Cow Ford, on the Choctawhatchy river; thence, direct to the natural bridge on the Ecanfinan river; thence, to the Ochesee Bluff, on the Appalachicola river; thence, in the most direct practicable route, to the site of Fort St. Lewis; thence, as nearly as practicable, on the old Spanish road to St. Augustine, crossing the St. John's river at Picolata; which road shall be plainly and distinctly marked, and shall be the width of twenty-five feet.[1]
Remnants of the old sand road are used today and part of the Bellamy Road forms the county line between the northwest part of Putnam County and the southwest part of Clay County.
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Bikecamping 600 miles, 2 states, stillshots.
Bike camping in Washington state and Florida. 300 miles over mount Rainier to eastern washington and back, and 300 miles of central and northern Florida. The phone that contained the other pictures was stolen but a few remained. Random and no particular order.
Quality Inn Lake City in Lake City FL
Reservations: . . . . . . . .. .. ... . .. .. .. Quality Inn Lake City 285 SW Commerce Blvd Lake City FL 32025-1501 Located of off Interstate 75, the Quality Inn in Lake City, FL offers easy access to Lake City Mall and Florida Gateway College. This Lake City, Florida hotel is also convenient to Ichetucknee Springs, O'leno State Park and the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, which is a short drive away. Guests of the hotel are invited to relax in the outdoor pool, utilize the Business Center for copy and fax services and work out in the Fitness Center. There is one meeting room. Additional amenities include free hot breakfast, free wireless high-speed Internet access and free newspaper M-F. All guest rooms offer a flat-screen television with cable, coffee maker, desk, microwave, hair dryer, alarm clock, iron and ironing board. Some rooms feature a sofa sleeper. This is a pet-friendly hotel, with four-legged friends allowed to stay for a fee.
Quality Inn Lake City - Lake City Hotels, Florida
Quality Inn Lake City 2 Stars Lake City Hotels, Florida Within US Travel Directory Located of off Interstate 75, the Quality Inn in Lake City, FL offers easy access to Lake City Mall and Florida Gateway College. This Lake City, Florida hotel is also convenient to Ichetucknee Springs, O'leno State Park and the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, which is a short drive away.Guests of the hotel are invited to relax in the outdoor pool, utilize the Business Center for copy and fax services and work out in the Fitness Center.
There is one meeting room. Additional amenities include free hot breakfast, free wireless high-speed Internet access and free newspaper M-F.All guest rooms offer a flat-screen television with cable, coffee maker, desk, microwave, hair dryer, alarm clock, iron and ironing board. Some rooms feature a sofa sleeper. This is a pet-friendly hotel, with four-legged friends allowed to stay for a fee.
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Jim Morrison
James Douglas Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 -- July 3, 1971) was an American singer-songwriter and poet, best remembered as the lead singer of Los Angeles rock band The Doors. From a young age, Morrison became infatuated with the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Rimbaud and Jack Kerouac, often incorporating their work into his lyrics. In his later life, Morrison developed an alcohol dependency which led to his death at the age of 27 in Paris. He is alleged to have died of a heroin overdose, but as no autopsy was performed, the exact cause of his death is still disputed.
Due to his songwriting, voice, wild personality and performances, he is regarded by critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influential frontmen in rock music history. He was also well known for improvising spoken word poetry passages while the band played live. Morrison was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, and number 22 on Classic Rock Magazine's 50 Greatest Singers In Rock. Ray Manzarek said that Morrison embodied hippie counterculture rebellion... Morrison was also known as the self-proclaimed King of Orgasmic Rock.
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