drrich2
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You might be surprised. Depends on the spring, but there's some neat stuff in fresh water (I'm not a cave diver, so someone else can wax poetic about that). I'd like to do more of it.
The one I visited was Alexander Spring years ago, which is shaped like a Mexican sombrero turned upside down, with a roughly 26 foot deep 'bowl' where water comes in, and the surrounding edges of the 'hat' are so shallow you're practically snorkeling, and some of it had dense vegetation.
I saw gar, bowfin, a Florida soft-shell turtle close up, 3-stripe mud turtles and other creatures. At the surface in the distance, we saw a small alligator, and an old friend who tended to get there early photographed a very large gator there. I'm told one can see loggerhead musk turtles.
I think I recall hearing about Rainbow River, which sounded like it'd rock. Quick Googling turned up this article.
Richard.
