O’leno State Park, High Springs, Florida
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. ~ Ephesians 2:8-10
After lunch today, we managed a 5-mile loop walk without taking hardly any pictures. 😊 That’s because either we walked it recently, or it looked the same. But never fear! We weren’t without adventure!
Since it was between ten and two, we were finally able to stop in and see what was in the tiny CCC museum. The information on how the town was named refreshed our memories and was still pretty interesting. The town was originally named Keno and had a bit of a gambling reputation, so when they wanted a Post Office, the government wouldn’t issue one because of the Keno association. Personally, I didn’t realize Keno’s been around that long. My how times have changed! So anyway, the main man in town, Col. Whetstone, changed the name to Leno. (the next letter in the alphabet), and they got their Post Office. Then tragedy struck and the people ended up leaving the town, so it became known as Old Leno. Eventually, the letters/words ran together, making it O’Leno. And here we are today. Staying in O’Leno State Park.
Cypress must grow slowly . . .
and immediately thought of Bingo – – even before we read about it. : )
We didn’t actually begin our walk until almost 1pm. Just a loop on some equestrian trails (no horses today) that we’d done last year.
Maybe it’s to keep bikes from barreling into the sink?
Or a hitching post for horses?
None of this green stuff was here then.
In this place, there were little whirlpools dancing across the water.
Not today.
There was also a trip down a service road to check out the river. At the turn, we were faced with a very large prescribed burn area – at least large compared to others we’ve come across the past two years. It must have been fairly recent, because you could still smell it.
At the river, we noticed a big difference in the water level from last year, when the water was much higher.
We didn’t see this last year, so it must be because the water level is down.
It was very cool looking! Fairytale-ish!
An even taller, fatter knee, I might add.
We’ve never seen that before.
Two hours later, we were home and anxious to get dinner started! We’ve been sooo looking forward to it! For days! Reubens and potato salad. I haven’t made Reubens for ages because we never find the corned beef on sale, but we finally realized that if we only buy enough for two sandwiches (half a pound), it’s not really that expensive, even when you pay full price. 😊
Once again, the Lord provided us with a beautiful day and “something to write home about”! We are so very blessed!