St. Francis Trail and Ghost Town in Ocala National Forest

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @voyager0156
    @voyager0156 2 місяці тому +2

    your vlogs are always great! thank you for sharing a bit of history and nature. that 2 plank bridge was a bit worrisome.

  • @ricardorodriguez5549
    @ricardorodriguez5549 4 роки тому +11

    I’m so stoked that you do these. Loads of great local history and beautiful wilderness. Really dig the low-key presentation style. With landscapes like this, silence can say more sometimes. Thank you!

  • @jillpontiere1814
    @jillpontiere1814 8 місяців тому +2

    I’m totally loving your videos. Keep on posting ❤

  • @timrowand3286
    @timrowand3286 5 років тому +8

    First time across that log bridge for me was in the dark on a bike, walked it across. Rode out of Deland though St. Francis took the St. Francis Paisley wagon road and camped off of an old logging road. Love that area. That well is artesian and taste like sulfur but if your thirsty enough it doesn't matter.

  • @thegoatman62
    @thegoatman62 5 років тому +11

    Looks like a great place to explore! I have lived in the Ocala area for 35 years, don't recall hearing about St. Francis. Thank you for sharing.
    I am sure that there are many stories lingering in the forest around St. Francis.

    • @lilkashky
      @lilkashky 5 років тому +1

      thegoatman62 it’s not a good place to explore look at the crimes

    • @johnnyb395
      @johnnyb395 3 роки тому +1

      @@lilkashky The crime is your silly comment, it's a very popular 7 mile hike in the southern end of Ocala National Forest where Lake and Volusia counties meet on the St Johns River outside of Deland FL.

  • @thewoodshop69
    @thewoodshop69 5 років тому +16

    I think that mosquito was trying to decide whether to eat you there or carry you deeper Into the Woods

  • @blazentoo4904
    @blazentoo4904 5 років тому +5

    That log bridge looked crazy sketchy!!thanks for sharing..looks really cool there

  • @GATORADDAM
    @GATORADDAM 4 роки тому +9

    I've been going to that exact area for 30 years. There are still foundations out there just under the dirt.
    You were nice enough not to show all the trash by the area near channel marker 26, but it's gotten bad in recent years.
    The first area of river you showed was the St Francis dead river. You were on what was a land bridge at one time where hand and ox carts would bring rice from the other side. I've hiked that and you can still see where the fields were.
    I've drank from that well although it smells like bad eggs. There's another one on an island not far from there.
    I've explored there by boat, by 4x4 and on foot for a very long time. Anything you wanna know about the area just ask. The town has some sorted history not many people know about. And there's a reason metal detecting is illegal there!

    • @chickenwing4540
      @chickenwing4540 4 роки тому +1

      Why’s it illegal?

    • @GATORADDAM
      @GATORADDAM 4 роки тому

      @@chickenwing4540
      There are bodies buried there with metal shackles.

    • @cemetarymama
      @cemetarymama 4 роки тому

      @@GATORADDAM wow, my Goodness

    • @JohnGalt1960
      @JohnGalt1960 3 роки тому +1

      @@GATORADDAM oh shit! Tell me more! Please!

    • @ASwegoalong
      @ASwegoalong 3 роки тому

      I'd LOVE to hear about the town's sordid history and why you can't use a metal detector omg

  • @HorseVans
    @HorseVans Рік тому

    Thanks for your videos. I like to see Florida History.

  • @anthonyaguero5927
    @anthonyaguero5927 3 роки тому +1

    Majestic

  • @Perry-ck1hv
    @Perry-ck1hv 5 років тому +5

    Since you go to these places so often it might help to set up some trail cameras. You get a whole different perspective on all the wildlife that's around you that you Don't see. I love your videos and the history. Check out Tim Harrell, he chases the ever-elusive ghost orchid 🤔. He also does trail cameras in blue cypress and the green swamp. 👍👍

  • @sgtchill
    @sgtchill 5 років тому +2

    Gotta love them skeeters

  • @hikewithmike4673
    @hikewithmike4673 5 років тому +3

    wow...what a cool place to hike....I have only explored the more drier areas of the Ocala National Forest...the motorized boat kinda ruined the vibe of the hiking experience I have to deal with that a lot!...great video as always

    • @lilkashky
      @lilkashky 5 років тому

      Hike with Mike it’s not a good place at all don’t go there look up the crimes

  • @bethyule6438
    @bethyule6438 3 роки тому

    When I was young (and not interested in history) we canoed often in this area. I wish I'd known all of this then!

  • @FloridaWaterAdventures
    @FloridaWaterAdventures 5 років тому +3

    3:40 buzz

  • @NatureRecycleFlorida
    @NatureRecycleFlorida 5 років тому +2

    cool

  • @Sojourner24_7
    @Sojourner24_7 3 роки тому +1

    I couldn't help to think that you should get a pair of snake boots, lol.

  • @patwarson217
    @patwarson217 4 роки тому +6

    My family has lived here in Marion county since 1822, around simmons pond, and we had land in the forest, and if you like old ghost stories and Florida serial killers my great grandfather was BLOODY ED WATSON,

    • @horror-trapproductions4246
      @horror-trapproductions4246 4 роки тому +5

      Man. My family came to Ocala in 1935, I love our local folklore and haunting areas. I have a novel on Ocala being published soon. I would love to know of your own stories of history here in Ocala.

    • @shipyarddude
      @shipyarddude 3 роки тому

      What's the name of the book?

    • @thereisaplace
      @thereisaplace 3 роки тому +1

      @PatWarson - I thought Watson was from S.Carolina, tho I heard he had family in Columbia county before moving to Chokoloskee. I’ve camped on his old homestead off the Chatham River in the glades, pretty damn remote scrap of land.

  • @profit-engine8001
    @profit-engine8001 Рік тому +1

    We can hear the Florida state bird (mosquito) buzzing around you :)

  • @ericveilleux3139
    @ericveilleux3139 5 років тому +1

    I know exactly where your at. I live close. I also hunt and fish all around there. The next time you go out let me know, I want to go with you.

    • @lilkashky
      @lilkashky 5 років тому

      Eric Veilleux my grandma lives in the villages if you know were that is but the Ocala forest is bad look up the crimes

  • @larrybailey1896
    @larrybailey1896 2 роки тому

    Word.

  • @thegreatone1067
    @thegreatone1067 Рік тому +1

    Make longer videos

  • @alexeatonexploresamerica5511
    @alexeatonexploresamerica5511 3 роки тому +1

    SOMEBODY GOT A SKEADER ON THEIR PEADER