Florida Panhandle

I am still struggling to get caught up on my posting. These are some pics from our Thanksgiving trip last year. We went down the Florida panhandle and camped in Panacea right on the water. We now have a TV and DVD player hooked up in the camper. It rained every night so we would hang out in the camper and watch movies at night and drink our coffe and watch the news in the morning 'till it cleared up then we could go paddle. It was pretty windy wo we struggled to find protected waters. The first place we paddled was the St. Marks north of natural bridge(the place where the river runs underground then reamerges agin to the south). It was perfect. Very sheltered and the water was very clear.
We also went to the Ochlockonee which was protected and had beautiful scenery but the water was not clear and not much wildlife. Jason did some fishing but didn't catch anything.

Above is an otter feeding at the Wacissa. The Wacissa is beautiful, full of wildlife but not as protected as we would have liked. Below is Big Blue Hole. This spring is about 45 feet deep and the water here is crystal clear and bright blue. While we were there, some folks came in a canoe and dove the spring. Now Jason is hankering to get back there with some dive gear and check it out. The spring is off the river a little bit and protected from the wind so we sat here and ate our lunch.
Thanksgiving dinner in "The Pearl"