Today we took a spin to the west to a town called Silver Springs where there is a state park and to Homosassa where there is a state park called Weeki Wachee which they pronounce as “Weeki Watchee.” Silver Springs State Park offers boat rides around the springs and adjacent gulf but there are only two trips per day which means you either have to wait a long time for a boat after working your way up a waiting list or forgoing the ride. We passed on this one because the wait was four hours.
We then headed down to Homosassa to what should be called “Weeki Whackee” based on the spelling of the place. At Weeki Wachee Springs State Park they have a concessionaire that offers shows with girls fitted with rubber tails such that they look like mermaids for those who believe that kind of shit. We passed on the rubber tail show, as well.
On the way home we did spot an enormous dragline scraping lime out of the earth near Coleman, FL. It was operating when we initially went by but by the time we turned around and got to a place where we could get a good photo, they had shut down for the day. Nevertheless, it was a truly impressive piece of equipment.