We went from theme park to state park. And Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is a pretty out of the ordinary state park. The name was given to the springs by the Seminole Indians. In 1947, Newt Perry, a stunt swimmer, started an underwater mermaid show using a breathing tube for air. There have been many famous guests, live and TV shows, and movies filmed there or starred mermaids from the show. It became a state park in 2008.
With two shows a day, we started out with the first show: Wonders of Weeki.
Then we grabbed a quick bite for brunch before our kayaking trip down the Weeki Wachee River.
The scenery was beautiful and always changing. The white sand made the water look even bluer and easy to see the fish. But at about the halfway point we passed over a very big school of fish and one jumped in front of the kayak. Actually it was more like a breach than a jump. He left the water and jumped quite a few times. Unfortunately it wasn't enough times to get a video. But it was so cool to watch!
As seen in the pics there wasn't much of a current but we were going down river and it made for a slow lazy float down to the dock and easy to paddle back up stream to see things we missed or wanted to see again.
Since we signed a form that we couldn't get off the kayak so the cool spring water in the swimming area was pretty refreshing, once you got used to it... 😆
Then it was time for the Little Mermaid show...
We stopped on the way back to Lawsons' for beers at a local brewery. They had some amazing beers that went perfectly with the BBQ dinner Bob and Karen had for us when we got back. 😋
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