Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places - O’Leno Bridge & Ichetucknee Springs State Park
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2020
- On this episode of Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned places we begin High Springs and then visit a wooden suspension bridge that crosses the Santa Fe River in D’Leno State Park. The beautiful and clear springs at Itchetucknee River State Park is the final stop. There is much ahead!
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Had you gone a half-mile further downstream at O'Leno you would have come to the River Sink where the Santa Fe goes underground for a few miles before surfacing again at River Rise and continuing on to its confluences with the Suwannee. The importance of the natural land bridge formed allowed the construction of the Bellamy Road in 1826 which was the main road connecting St Augustine and Tallahassee. Parts of Belllamy Road still exist in Alachua County. About a year ago heavy rain forced the closing of all the bridges over the Santa Fe stranding my daughter-in-law between her job in Gainesville and her home in Ft. White. Using GPS my son and I guided her home via the Bellamy Road that rainy night bypassing the highway bridges over the Santa Fe. Good to know an almost 200 year old unpaved wagon road can still get you home.
That place is going to the top of the bucket list..
That was the best! Teenagers used to jump off of the O'leno bridge when I was a kid. Thanks dog. 72 degrees.
Corps (core)love your videos by the way. I'm an old native floridian, born
High Springs is a great place for tourists to stop. Lots of nice little shops and cafes/restaurants. O'Leno (pronounced "Oh, Leenoh" has wonderful trails through the woods and around the sinkhole. It looks like those log cabins are still in use; in the late 80's, Bradford High band held their summer camp there. Good memories!
Very nice park. Thanks for showing us this place.👍💕😊
Nice to see Florida isn't only about amusement parks. I find these videos way more interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Great video!! It brought back lots of memories, many church picnics and school field trips. I've jumped off that suspension bridge several times, it was a sort of "rite of passage" for boys back in the 60's. Glad to see the park is so well cared for!
Thanks from oldsmar! 🌹🌹💪💪
Awesome video.. appreciate you showing my backyard..grew up in Lake City and took many trips to the river as a kid..now I often kayak and fish the Santa Fe River now that I am much older.😊👌
You again are in my fav place again
It was the old theater. I lived in highsprings back in 78 and 79. Me and my school buddies used to spend our Friday and Saturday nights there
Thanks for another great tour Jay. 🙂👍
Lived in Gainesville till I was 7 and went numerous times. ( in the 70's. yes I'm old LOL) Once while floating over the spring in a tube a Water Moccasin came out of the rocks near shore. Everyone screamed and got out while I was stuck in the middle. I remember 2 young men jumping in, one swam to me the other towards the snake while my mom stayed on shore screaming " MY BABY" LOL
Thanks for another great video and hope all is well with you my friend.
Wow, what a beautiful spring! ⛲💙‼️
High Springs is a beautiful area in North Central Florida. Very peaceful and lots of great springs. Just above Gainesville FL.
Very interesting tour! Thanks for sharing!
Man, I loved this video Jay. Brought back lots of good memories about trips to do the tubing down the Ichetucknee, the water is still as blue as it was in the '80s from my high school and college days. My daughter and friends still make the road trip on weekends once or twice a year. I also loved the video from the retro motel in High Springs. Remember staying in these kinds of places so many times as a kid with my family, love to see that many are still around and love them so much more than the chain motels. The bathroom tile in some of those places is the art deco style like you'd find in the older Publix Supermarkets and FL ranch houses from the '50s and '60s. Thanks for showing this, one of your best, love these trips you take off the interstates!
i was there again last week. i live 30 minutes away. have never been across the bridge..use a handicap scooter. thank you for taking me along