Re: Wakulla (Florida) Volcano


<dbohara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It is mostly wildlife refuge now. Some is still owned by a former
> paper company but what they own is not very interestign since it was
> simply used to grow pine trees. People still get lost trying to
canoe
> down the Wacissa river. The river disappears into a bunch of
streams
> called "The Warriors" which go off into the swamp, some going
> underground. In the early 1800s, a canal was dug from the Wacissa
to
> the Aucilla to transport cotton from upriver to the Gulf via shallow
> draft boats. The canal was dug by slaves under horrendous
conditions.
> If the canoeist misses the opening to the Slave Canal hidden behind
a
> huge cypress tree, he gets lost for days. The woods and swamps are
> filled with indian middens where artifacts lie on the ground. The
> crystal clrear spring fed streams have fossilized bones of
mastadons,
> early horses and camels at the bottom. Large fossilized shark teeth
> can often be found on the bottoms.
> The Wacissa River flows from the spring head in a river that looks
like
> something in Africa with numerous crystal clear deep cold springs
along
> its sides. The Aucilla River is dark from tannin and flows for
awhile
> till it goes underground numerous times often rising to flow for a
few
> hundred feet very swiftly and then goes underground in a slow
> whirlpool. The rivers rise again at Nutall Rise and then flow to
the
> gulf in the wildlife refuge. It is real wilderness with so many
gators
> snakes and other wildlife as to seem like some kind of hell to
anybody
> who doesnt like that sort of place.
> The "Lost Volcano Area" does seem weird with large limestone
boulders
> covered with moss strewn all over with numerous sinks and cave-like
> features. We once tried to explore a short cave there so it could
be
> listed as the only cave in Jefferson County Fl but the presence of
too
> many snakes kept us from going in. Vegetation is palmetto,
hardwoods,
> cypress, and cabbage palm with much swamp vegetation.
> If it seems like I like the place, I do.
>

dbohara:

It sounds like it's worth a visit....
I wonder if the "hot spot" somewhere "near" Santa Barbara could be the
brea
deposits at Carpinteria which is just somewhat south of that
first-mentioned town.
Speaking of differing vistas, if you've never tried to free a very
large chuckawalla lizard from an entombing tar seep--and got a healthy
bite in gratitude--you've missed a moment, my friend. See
http://images.google.com/images?q=chuckwalla&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
for the toothsome beast.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey


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