2007 Sep 29 Madison Blue Spring

"I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High." - Psalm 9:2

First Dip In A Sunshine State's Spring

Florida has more springs than any other region in the world. There are over 600 springs in Sunshine State - some merely a trickle while others among the largest in the world! Today, we visited Madison Blue Spring State Park - about an hour drive east along I-10 from Tallahassee.

We had a great time swimming and diving in to the crystal clear turquoise spring. We tried fishing, but caught none!

Below Florida's surface soils lies a thick layer of limestone. Over many centuries, acidic rainwater has slowly dissolved cracks and tunnels into porous limestone, forming a Swiss cheese-like appearance (which we can't see from the surface). As a result, the limestone is like an enormous rock sponge saturated with fresh water, with huge underground reservior known as an aquifer, just like this spring. It was a lovely day to be enjoying the flora and fauna, and the beauty of this spring.