April 22, 2013
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Rivers Run Through It...
....North Florida, that is. And I checked out a couple of them on my way back north after visiting with family
The Econfina River, near Perry, Florida, runs a mere 44 miles before draining into Appalachee Bay
The Chipola River is the largest tributary of the Appalachicola River, and sports 63 springs along its course
The Suwannee River, subject of song and lore....
Another shot of the Suwannee
The largest of these three would not cover a shirt button
These are tiny puffballs on a pine log
Back to the theme now, this is the Econfina Creek, north of Panama City. Econfina means 'Earth bridge' in the Creek Indian language. There is still a natural bridge over the river.
Mountain Laurel, now at the peak of its flowering
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Mountain laurel reminds me of a great poem I read when I was a kid about a fiddling contest. It was long before The Devil Came Down To Georgia. Ha! and now that I do two minutes of research, I find a post where Charlie Daniels says the poem inspired the song! Here it is: http://www.wrfx.com/pages/Morgen.html?article=10322515
Stephen Vincent Benet also wrote about Daniel Webster arguing with the devil in court, so Charlie combined both stories in that song.
I am so jealous...we are still getting snow up here, yesterday we had an inch.
never been there but i'd like to visit one day. terrific photos
Nice pictures. The rivers look high. I wish we had some of that water here in Texas!
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