2009, Florida Springs
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…