At the beginning of the semester, June told me she thought it would help her master Wetland Ecology class if she actually went to a Florida wetland. An hour later, we hopped off a bus and were running through a thunderstorm to try to find the SEEP on campus. I conceived the idea then to sample wetland types within an hour and half's drive of Gainesville with my Chinese classmates. Our wetland plant ID assignment gave us an extra push to do so.
Our frist stop was Silver Glen Springs. My classmates were considering me when they picked that spring because I had never been. Plus it rented canoes and had a short spring run before emptying into Lake George. None of my Chinese classmates had ever canoed before. After a short tutorial on land, I loaded the first pair and pushed them out into the river to get acquainted with the canoe…
Noone even got wet, they did so well. Matt ran in the Ocala National Forest instead of canoeing with us, but he did sneak inside to take a dip at the spring head.
Afterwards, we had a hot pot experience. Grant, Matt can also gulp down water when it gets spicy enough!
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