At 0730 today there was a very long line of eager divers, swimmers, sun-worshippers and pancake-eaters at the gate of Deleon Springs State Park here in Central Florida. Once the gate was open the fun frenzy began!! Very quickly the Cambrian Foundation surface support team helped shuttle dive gear to…
Wekiwa Springs By Karl Shreeves and Renee Power Welcome to Wekiwa!! Off to a great start today as everyone chipped in to get the cylinders rigged and the sampling equipment set up down at the spring. The water is the usual brisk 72 degrees. It was pointed out by Amy…
Manatee Springs – February 8, 2009 FINALLY a warm day greeted us upon arrival at Manatee Springs State Park. Manatee Springs is located in Chiefland, Florida, which is southwest of Gainesville. This is a first magnitude spring which means it discharges at least an average of 100 million gallons of…
Saturday, February 7, 2009 – Rose Sink It was another brisk 36-degree morning as the team arrived at Rose Sink in Columbia, Florida. Overall the objectives at Rose Sink today were to recon possible sites for future bacterial collections, photo documentation, distance marker placement and macrofauna collection. These objectives also…
Rock Springs – Friday, February 6, 2009 – Poseiden’s log Rock Springs belched today…meaning the outflow of the spring was huge, you might say gigantic…enormous evennnnn…. First order of business was to build a fire…it was in the 40’s when we arrived at the park and with the help of…
Rock Springs – February 5, 2009 Team Ice Cube gathered at Kelly Park in the guard house to greet the park staff. Due to below freezing temperature we had the park to ourselves! Welcome to Kyle Dilliplaine who has joined us for the first time. He is a senior at…
Rock Springs – August 3, 2008 The team is a bit shorter for today’s dive. Andy and I missed our team members terribly and decided we must continue onward! We were “wheels up” at 0745 on our way to Rock Springs with all necessary equipment on board. The park was…
Rock Springs – August 2, 2008 Today at 0800-ish our team assembled at Kelly Park with manager Joe Brandon to discuss the day’s events. We had a very nice chat with him, completed a bit of necessary paperwork and then headed down to the parking area to get prepped for…