Sunday, February 22, 2015

Rainbow Springs State Park "Cracker Days"

Rainbow Springs
Haven't been posting as winter hit us. We survived one night where the temperature dipped below freezing but today may hit 80. You take the bad with the good. Yesterday we went to see "Cracker Days" at Rainbow Springs State Park. Once a tourist park with zoo and amusement park rides, it is now a beautifully landscaped place around the perfectly clear water that feeds the Rainbow River.

My first fish photo
 "Cracker Days" is  heritage arts festival. The usual spinning, blacksmithing, soap making, coopering, and storytelling/lying. There was live music and while we were there was a rather good traditional banjo player. Although you must be careful in the south calling someone a "cracker," native Floridians have no problem, as it refers to the earliest settlers of the American period of history.

Cracker Camp




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