I would invite you to spend a day with me and Truett; but I must warn you. Any plans I make for us just might be altered a tad.
Today was one of those altered moments. Around 11:30 a.m., I told Truett I wanted to go to CVS drugstore in High Springs. Of course, he wanted to go, so we packed him in the Acadia and left.
"Bye, Mom. We're going to High Springs to the drug store and we'll be back soon!"
"Don't worry about me The puppies and I will be fine," Mom answered.
Well, Truett and I didn't even hit the only stop light in Fort White, when Truett suggested we go to the only Florida State Park we have not visited in our forty years of living in Florida.
"What the heck!" I thought. "There's got to be a CVS along the way!"
Ha!
After snaking along winding roads on Hwy. 137, we finally ended up at the Suwanee River State Park, after almost an hour's drive.
I don't know why I thought the Suwanee River near Live Oak, Florida would have more water in it than it does fifteen miles away at Branford, Florida. I was so disappointed. It was a State Park; but the view was not State Park worthy. (It had nothing to do with the park . . . only the low levels of the Suwanee River.)
In the meantime,I noticed a sign to Falmouth Springs near Suwanee State Park. So on the way home, I whipped in the parking lot and explored the spring via my camera. (Truett kept watch for wildlife in and around the parking lot from the car).
I winded my way down a narrow wooden boardwalk to see one of the Florida Springs I hadn't seen before.
And there it was: Falmouth Springs.
I was a little disappointed that the springs was not emitting clear, crystal blue water like the Ichetucknee Springs. However, I can now say I have visited Falmouth Springs.
Then I ascended my way back up the boardwalk.
I can now check off Falmouth Springs on my list of Florida Springs.
So, today was one of those "altered moments".
CVS will have to wait until tomorrow!
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