That's pretty damn cool. I never heard of that. The reason they call the outflow of water a boil is pretty much for the same reason. It looks like a boiling pot of water. You have to see this. If you've never seen a spring boil, you really should. Blue Springs is one of the best. (Orange City, Fl) It's just about 25 miles north of Orlando. We got boils, we got gators, we got otters, we got atomic, supersonic moccasins that will swim directly at you. We got gigantic snapping turtles. We got manatees. lol... All kinds of shit. There's even a boardwalk with handrails that leads into the jungle surrounding the boil for you pussies from Michigan that are scared of the water. lol... <jk>
However, one of the most amazing things I've ever seen was what the locals called "the slides" on the Blanco River in Texas. The Blanco is a wide, deep river that meanders through the heart of Texas hill country south of Austin and northwest of San Antone. There's this one place near Wimberly, Tx where the river gets shallow. A billion billion gallons of slow moving water suddenly has to pass over this half mile stretch of bedrock resulting in a natural water slide. The rocks are covered with teeny tiny leeches. Too small to attach to a mouse let alone a human. And they're slippery as fuck. Anyway, you can sit your ass down in a bathing suit and ride these slides for about 3 minutes until you're dumped back into the deep, slow moving waters of the Rio Blanco. That's the other thing I would recommend.
1) Visit one of the Springs in Florida!
2) Take a slide on the Blanco river in Wimberly, Tx.
If you got kids, they will always remember both trips.
edit: I didn't know placing the pound sign in front would make those suggestions so large.
I thought you were mad at me again with all the shouting, lol.
Haven't been in MI for any more than a couple days since the mid 80s. A (mostly) horrible place.
These days all I have to worry about are Grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, mountain lions, wolverines, moose, the occasional mad elk... Up near the Canuckistan border in west MT. I don't have a much love for temps over 65 or humidity above about 50% (this summer has sucked temp wise, but it's still better than MI). We have some of the most stunning lakes, and rivers on the planet. Fantastic fishing, hunting, boating, paddling, swimming (even Flathead lake is in the 70s right now and it's mostly fed by glacial runoff). Almost no crime, the kind of people who watch out for their neighbors (even when your nearest neighbor might be a mile or more away). I've travelled a lot, and I've never been anywhere I loved like I love it here.
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