Itchetucknee Springs Float Trip

What a great time we had on Saturday floating down the Itchetucknee River! We traveled to a town called Ft. White in central Florida. When we were just about at the river, we stopped on the side of the road to rent tubes for everyone. After the guy tied them to our truck, we continued on to the river. Once inside, we walked to the south entrance because all the other entrances were closed at that time since they had reached their capacity for the day! Wow the water was cold when we jumped into our tube. As we got acclimated to the water, we started our beautiful float. The water is crystal clear, so you can see below. There are beautiful trees lining the banks of the river, creating canopies of shade the entire trip. Sometimes you could see wildlife hanging out around the banks of the river. Once in a while the kids would stop to jump from a tree branch back into the river. The float took us about an hour to complete. When we were done, we hopped out, enjoyed a picnic lunch and did it all over again. I feel this is one of Florida's most beautiful state parks.