Dawn & I put on the Ichetucknee with the temperature at 38 degrees and a strong wind blowing. We paddled about half way down and back up. We only saw one other paddler -- a park employee who was putting on as we were taking off. I got an oportunity to try taking pictures of underwater objects from above the surface -- fish, a small turtle and some plants. http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0270a/462835591_enutV-Ti.jpg http://canoeist.smugmug.com/gallery/7205205_cSWKB/ 2009-01-27T00:27:08Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />At the put-in.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462830805_WmenU" title="At the put-in."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0255/462830805_WmenU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="At the put-in." title="At the put-in." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0255/462830805_WmenU-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:29:31 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />The first underwater shot.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462831239_y5qeX" title="The first underwater shot."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0256/462831239_y5qeX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The first underwater shot." title="The first underwater shot." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0256/462831239_y5qeX-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:30:18 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462832059_PbRsF" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0258/462832059_PbRsF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0258/462832059_PbRsF-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:31:19 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462832601_Dhewi" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0259/462832601_Dhewi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0259/462832601_Dhewi-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:40:45 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462833018_Rmdn5" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0261/462833018_Rmdn5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0261/462833018_Rmdn5-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:41:03 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />Great egret. I think the cold affected the birds, too -- we saw very few of them.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462833460_7trUa" title="Great egret. I think the cold affected the birds, too -- we saw very few of them."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0263/462833460_7trUa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Great egret. I think the cold affected the birds, too -- we saw very few of them." title="Great egret. I think the cold affected the birds, too -- we saw very few of them." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T10:59:28Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0263/462833460_7trUa-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:45:48 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462833956_oebc3" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0264/462833956_oebc3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0264/462833956_oebc3-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:46:08 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462834624_PJviF" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0265/462834624_PJviF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0265/462834624_PJviF-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:46:16 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />The green stuff on the surface in most of the eddies looked like some sort of scum.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462835102_Rtb9r" title="The green stuff on the surface in most of the eddies looked like some sort of scum."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0267/462835102_Rtb9r-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The green stuff on the surface in most of the eddies looked like some sort of scum." title="The green stuff on the surface in most of the eddies looked like some sort of scum." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T11:06:01Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0267/462835102_Rtb9r-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:54:07 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />It was actually thousands of very small green leaves floating on the surface.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462835389_7Sq4b" title="It was actually thousands of very small green leaves floating on the surface."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0268/462835389_7Sq4b-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="It was actually thousands of very small green leaves floating on the surface." title="It was actually thousands of very small green leaves floating on the surface." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0268/462835389_7Sq4b-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:54:35 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />Great white heron.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462835492_3pNGb" title="Great white heron."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0269a/462835492_3pNGb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Great white heron." title="Great white heron." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0269a/462835492_3pNGb-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:58:14 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />Great white heron.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462835591_enutV" title="Great white heron."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0270a/462835591_enutV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Great white heron." title="Great white heron." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0270a/462835591_enutV-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 11:58:31 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />Great egret.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462835888_indNg" title="Great egret."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0271/462835888_indNg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Great egret." title="Great egret." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T11:06:01Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0271/462835888_indNg-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:17:07 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />Great egret.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462836098_sFXjS" title="Great egret."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0273/462836098_sFXjS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Great egret." title="Great egret." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T11:06:01Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0273/462836098_sFXjS-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:19:30 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />It was surprising to see turtles at this temperature.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462836406_xSPy2" title="It was surprising to see turtles at this temperature."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0276/462836406_xSPy2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="It was surprising to see turtles at this temperature." title="It was surprising to see turtles at this temperature." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0276/462836406_xSPy2-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:22:28 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />More underwater life.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462836762_7Yuyi" title="More underwater life."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0278/462836762_7Yuyi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="More underwater life." title="More underwater life." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0278/462836762_7Yuyi-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:54:09 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462836922_myBEx" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0279a/462836922_myBEx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0279a/462836922_myBEx-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:54:18 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />Some small underwater plants -- lilies?</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462837316_3ffCW" title="Some small underwater plants -- lilies?"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0280/462837316_3ffCW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Some small underwater plants -- lilies?" title="Some small underwater plants -- lilies?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0280/462837316_3ffCW-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:54:35 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462837550_RghYo" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0283/462837550_RghYo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0283/462837550_RghYo-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:56:21 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />A small turtle was crawling along the bottom.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462837763_EFAHE" title="A small turtle was crawling along the bottom."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0284/462837763_EFAHE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A small turtle was crawling along the bottom." title="A small turtle was crawling along the bottom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0284/462837763_EFAHE-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:56:31 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a><br />Same turtle going the other way.</p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462837942_mGnEc" title="Same turtle going the other way."><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0285/462837942_mGnEc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Same turtle going the other way." title="Same turtle going the other way." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0285/462837942_mGnEc-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:57:35 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462838309_gMoUq" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0286/462838309_gMoUq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0286/462838309_gMoUq-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:57:47 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462838919_rGhHt" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0287/462838919_rGhHt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0287/462838919_rGhHt-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:58:16 <p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com">Allen Hedden</a> </p><p><a href="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/7205205_cSWKB#462839224_UM76Z" title="Allen Hedden's photo"><img src="http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0288/462839224_UM76Z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Allen Hedden's photo" title="Allen Hedden's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-27T00:48:09Z Allen Hedden http://canoeist.smugmug.com http://canoeist.smugmug.com/Florida-Trip-01-09/Ichetucknee-Springs-01-20/DSC0288/462839224_UM76Z-Th.jpg 2009-01-20 12:59:00