Excellent video! Those are all great springs, but my favorite springs are the ones most people don’t know about that are more out there in the wilds. We have 1,100 springs in this state, not including sinks. Sinks have crystal-clear water in them as well. Then you have siphons and swallets.
I have the feeling we would enjoy some of those lesser known springs the most as well! One of these days we may have to go looking for some of them, but just to enjoy on our own and not to share on the channel!
I really enjoyed this episode....it was so informative! Visiting one of the Florida springs to paddle or tube is definitely on my to-do list. Those turtles and otters swimming were so cute....the snake, not so much!! 😆
Thank you Ramune! Hoepfully on your next trip you can visit one :) We love seeing all of the willdlife, especially the otters! I am not a big fan of snakes either, but seeing Peaches was pretty cool. The staff do a good job of making sure she has space for her morning walk 😆
Another great video Jamie and Skylar!!! I've watched so many of your travel videos that I've been going back two or three times to rewatch them! In June I'll be heading down from Chicago to Indian Shores for a week, followed by Siesta Key for a week. I love all your videos on both of those locations and can't wait for you to return there as well. It would make my day for you to do another vlog-style video at Indian Shores or Siesta Key, as those are my regular annual vacation spots. Keep up the great work!😊
Thank you so much for the kind comment, Collin! We really hope our content helps you to have an amazing trip down to Florida in June! We're definitely gong to try to do many more vloggy videos on our other channel once we get back caught up on making content for this one!
I’ve been to nearly all these springs but I’ve only kayaked Wekiwa Springs. I’ve never been to Rainbow Springs and I think that’s the one I would enjoy the most to paddle on.
We hope you are able to plan a Rainbow Springs paddle soon! What did you think of the Wekiwa Springs paddle? We heard you can paddle all the way to Wekiva Island if you want!
Yet another funny story. I took the girlfriend to Gatorland the day before the kayak trip. My first trip ever but far from my first time hearing the very distinct sound of a gator growl. We paddled several miles upstream on a very narrow waterway loaded with gator slides and gator sounds on both sides. She eventually caught on and jammed her paddle in the sand and said we are heading back. We rented a 2 person kayak at Wekiva Island . We never saw a gator close up but there were plenty all around.
We have been to a few of these but the rest will come in time. Thanks for sharing your list with us! Great video! Happy weekend to you from me at work in downtown Orlando. Ah such is life.
Hi Skylar and Jamie, thank you for showing us your Top 10. As usual I posted a link and I hope you will get more views. Wow , you are close to 40K Subscribers, thats awesome. Greetings from Berlin, Ralf.
@@Explorcation Hi, I don't have an audience, I post your videos in a german Florida Forum where all these Florida Enthusiasts meet and share there experiences they have at vacation in Florida. We, the members at this Forum, answer questions from new members, not only new members have a lot of questions, about their first Florida Trip and give Tips where to stay and where to go. So keep up the good work and I can't wait to watch the next one.
@@worldofephemera6331 ahh ok, I think I understand now, regardless, we appreciate you sharing our content in the Forum 🙂 It sounds like you all really help others plan out and know what to expect on their first visit, that is awesome!
Thank you for the review! We have been to four of these springs. i can't wait to retire and get to more. You did an amazing job of all the parks. Living in Minnesota, and having a chance to visit, these parks are amazing.
It's hour pleasure! Lots of springs trips went into the making of this one, and we're happy that we finally had the content to do a top 10 video. We hope you are able to visit the other six plus many more over your upcoming trips to Florida!
Awesome video. I've visited all of the springs on your list, and while these are all great, there are others perhaps even nicer in Central Florida. I'd recommend the springs of Ocala Forest: Silver Glen, Alexander, and Juniper/Fern Hammock. Another good one is Chasahowitzka south of Spring Hill where the brave (or fool hardy) can swim under ground between the spring vents. Please do a video of the equally beautiful springs of North Florida.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to share some of your knowledge and experiences, Gordon! We absolutely plan to visit some of the springs in Ocala Forest in the future. Unfortunately when we do, there may be no video, as it's a National Forest and as of now it's still not permitted to film monetized videos in a national forest. Perhaps that may change in the future though. We'll definitely get up to some of the more northern springs sooner or later too. The thought of swimming under ground between spring vents sounds a bit scary, but I'd probably give it a try!
@@Explorcation I believe that while the Ocala springs are embedded within a national forest the springs and property immediately them is owned by the State of Florida or the St. John River Water Management District. You may want to check on their status in regards to filming. Also, I forgot to mention Salt Springs, also surrounded by Ocala Forest.
Thank you so much for the kind feedback ☺️ we know that you know how much work goes into video creation, so it means a lot! We hope you are able to get out and about this weekend to do something fun.
I work at Silver Springs back in the early seventies I took pictures of people on the boats that they could purchase when they got back from their boat trip for a dollar
We love them all, but our favorites are Ichatucknee and King's Landing (for paddling) and Three Sister's (in winter for the manatee experience). The best one for families though would probably be Weeki Wahee since they have the mermaid show, beach, and waterpark in addition to great paddling.
Gilchrist blue springs let us down big time. We used to go primitive camping there for years when it was privately owned. We just went yesterday and it looks like a complete dump. My kids said they never want to go back and neither do i.
@@Explorcation weeds overgrown everywhere. Small beach area where the little kids used to play was blocked off and designated natural habitat but just looks like an unkept mess. Picnic areas all messy and overgrown. Nothing like when it was privately owned with the large jumping dock and clean open areas.
@@Explorcation btw we just got back from visiting royal springs. Waste of time. Closed due to maintenance. Arrived at 10 am to see a bunch of county workers just standing around. No sign off of the main road either so that you don't waste your time driving all the way down. Anyway off to ichetucknee.
What do you think, which Florida Springs are at the top of your list? or are there any we missed that you would add to this list? We'd love to know!
❤❤❤our springs are outrageous
No doubt about it!
Excellent video! Those are all great springs, but my favorite springs are the ones most people don’t know about that are more out there in the wilds. We have 1,100 springs in this state, not including sinks. Sinks have crystal-clear water in them as well. Then you have siphons and swallets.
I have the feeling we would enjoy some of those lesser known springs the most as well! One of these days we may have to go looking for some of them, but just to enjoy on our own and not to share on the channel!
I just recently found your channel and I'm hooked!
We are so glad you found it! Thanks for joining us 😁
I really enjoyed this episode....it was so informative! Visiting one of the Florida springs to paddle or tube is definitely on my to-do list. Those turtles and otters swimming were so cute....the snake, not so much!! 😆
Thank you Ramune! Hoepfully on your next trip you can visit one :) We love seeing all of the willdlife, especially the otters! I am not a big fan of snakes either, but seeing Peaches was pretty cool. The staff do a good job of making sure she has space for her morning walk 😆
Another great video Jamie and Skylar!!! I've watched so many of your travel videos that I've been going back two or three times to rewatch them! In June I'll be heading down from Chicago to Indian Shores for a week, followed by Siesta Key for a week. I love all your videos on both of those locations and can't wait for you to return there as well. It would make my day for you to do another vlog-style video at Indian Shores or Siesta Key, as those are my regular annual vacation spots. Keep up the great work!😊
Thank you so much for the kind comment, Collin! We really hope our content helps you to have an amazing trip down to Florida in June! We're definitely gong to try to do many more vloggy videos on our other channel once we get back caught up on making content for this one!
Another awesome video like always, keep up with the great content😀
Thank you! This one was years in the making!
I like these natural springs videos. Someday I want to go to one.
We hope you get to plan a trip soon. The tough question is...which do you want to visit first?! 😁
I like the video on Ichetucknee Springs. I definitely want to go there! @@Explorcation
@@CarlosGonzalez-mr5qz Ichetucknee is one of our faves 😁
We live about 20 minutes from Rainbow 🌈 River, and it’s by far my favorite spring thus far 🦦!
Nice choice! The water it so clear at Rainbow 😀
If I lived only 20 minutes away from an awesome place like Rainbow, I would be there all the time. My wife would miss me alot. LOL!
I’ve been to nearly all these springs but I’ve only kayaked Wekiwa Springs. I’ve never been to Rainbow Springs and I think that’s the one I would enjoy the most to paddle on.
We hope you are able to plan a Rainbow Springs paddle soon! What did you think of the Wekiwa Springs paddle? We heard you can paddle all the way to Wekiva Island if you want!
Yet another funny story. I took the girlfriend to Gatorland the day before the kayak trip. My first trip ever but far from my first time hearing the very distinct sound of a gator growl. We paddled several miles upstream on a very narrow waterway loaded with gator slides and gator sounds on both sides. She eventually caught on and jammed her paddle in the sand and said we are heading back. We rented a 2 person kayak at Wekiva Island . We never saw a gator close up but there were plenty all around.
It was beautiful until UA-cam found out about it
@@BobCarlson I probably would have turned around too 😬😆
We have been to a few of these but the rest will come in time. Thanks for sharing your list with us! Great video! Happy weekend to you from me at work in downtown Orlando. Ah such is life.
With all of your adventures I am sure you will get to them all on this list....plus more! We hope you don't have to work all weekend 😕
@@Explorcation no Sunday off! Then off to Mississippi and Arkansas to film some more Amtrak stations and whatever else we can find!
@@PrimeTimeTravelers nice, enjoy your trip to Mississippi and Arkansas!
Hi Skylar and Jamie, thank you for showing us your Top 10. As usual I posted a link and I hope you will get more views. Wow , you are close to 40K Subscribers, thats awesome. Greetings from Berlin, Ralf.
Thank you Ralf! We always appreciate you watching and sharing our episodes with your audience, it sure helps the channel to continue growing 😊
@@Explorcation Hi, I don't have an audience, I post your videos in a german Florida Forum where all these Florida Enthusiasts meet and share there experiences they have at vacation in Florida. We, the members at this Forum, answer questions from new members, not only new members have a lot of questions, about their first Florida Trip and give Tips where to stay and where to go. So keep up the good work and I can't wait to watch the next one.
@@worldofephemera6331 ahh ok, I think I understand now, regardless, we appreciate you sharing our content in the Forum 🙂 It sounds like you all really help others plan out and know what to expect on their first visit, that is awesome!
Thank you for the review! We have been to four of these springs. i can't wait to retire and get to more. You did an amazing job of all the parks. Living in Minnesota, and having a chance to visit, these parks are amazing.
It's hour pleasure! Lots of springs trips went into the making of this one, and we're happy that we finally had the content to do a top 10 video. We hope you are able to visit the other six plus many more over your upcoming trips to Florida!
Hi Jamie and Skylar!
Another great one!
Thanks for sharing!
Our pleasure as always. Thanks for tuning in!
Awesome video. I've visited all of the springs on your list, and while these are all great, there are others perhaps even nicer in Central Florida. I'd recommend the springs of Ocala Forest: Silver Glen, Alexander, and Juniper/Fern Hammock. Another good one is Chasahowitzka south of Spring Hill where the brave (or fool hardy) can swim under ground between the spring vents.
Please do a video of the equally beautiful springs of North Florida.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to share some of your knowledge and experiences, Gordon! We absolutely plan to visit some of the springs in Ocala Forest in the future. Unfortunately when we do, there may be no video, as it's a National Forest and as of now it's still not permitted to film monetized videos in a national forest. Perhaps that may change in the future though. We'll definitely get up to some of the more northern springs sooner or later too. The thought of swimming under ground between spring vents sounds a bit scary, but I'd probably give it a try!
@@Explorcation I believe that while the Ocala springs are embedded within a national forest the springs and property immediately them is owned by the State of Florida or the St. John River Water Management District. You may want to check on their status in regards to filming.
Also, I forgot to mention Salt Springs, also surrounded by Ocala Forest.
@@gordonspears6320 that would be great news if they are in fact on State property. We'll definitely look into it. Thanks so much for the info, Gordon!
I’m only 7 min into this but you all did such a great job!!
Thank you so much for the kind feedback ☺️ we know that you know how much work goes into video creation, so it means a lot! We hope you are able to get out and about this weekend to do something fun.
Love it! Another great video
Thank you so much! We've been wanting to make this video for a while and with our last trip we felt like we finally had enough good content to do it!
I work at Silver Springs back in the early seventies I took pictures of people on the boats that they could purchase when they got back from their boat trip for a dollar
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to share this experience, Chuck!
So fun!
Thank you for watching!
Been to most of the springs, Our favorite has to be rainbow river.
Thanks for sharing. We can definitely understand why Rainbow River could be someone's #1... it's a great place.
Chassahowitzka!!
Thanks for the recommendation, we haven't visited yet even though it isn't too far from the Tampa Bay area!
so much to do in florida...
No doubt about it!
Of all the locations in this video, what are your top two or three you’d recommend?!
We love them all, but our favorites are Ichatucknee and King's Landing (for paddling) and Three Sister's (in winter for the manatee experience). The best one for families though would probably be Weeki Wahee since they have the mermaid show, beach, and waterpark in addition to great paddling.
Hey Jamie & Skylar!
What's up Scully!!!
Gilchrist blue springs let us down big time. We used to go primitive camping there for years when it was privately owned. We just went yesterday and it looks like a complete dump. My kids said they never want to go back and neither do i.
Sorry to hear about your negative experience. What was going on there that made it look like a dump?
@@Explorcation weeds overgrown everywhere. Small beach area where the little kids used to play was blocked off and designated natural habitat but just looks like an unkept mess. Picnic areas all messy and overgrown. Nothing like when it was privately owned with the large jumping dock and clean open areas.
@@Explorcation btw we just got back from visiting royal springs. Waste of time. Closed due to maintenance. Arrived at 10 am to see a bunch of county workers just standing around. No sign off of the main road either so that you don't waste your time driving all the way down. Anyway off to ichetucknee.
@@RebelRicans thanks for sharing. Sounds like it was a pretty awesome place back when it was under private ownership!
@@RebelRicans thanks for letting us know about Royal Springs, we hope you had a better experience at Ichetucknee.
I guess the marmaid need oxygen :) every minute lol
LOL I guess so!