At the end of February Erik and I visited Gemini Springs Park in Debary, Central Florida. I like parks and visited many but this is probably the most beautiful park I’ve seen in the State of Florida so far.
We’ve been to quite a few places that weekend so I forgot all about this visit and all the photos I took there – until today. Browsing through all the pictures of Gemini Springs Park in Volusia County – I realized that I can easily make a photo story about that trip. It was pretty adventurous, to say the least. But I’ll let (mostly) my photos speak for me this time… 
Gemini Springs Park, Debary, Volusia County, Florida
By some unexpected coincidence – another visitor’s kindness – we got to see one of the springs and it looked simply beautiful!
One of the Gemini Springs
Gemini Springs Park offers beautiful views like this one…
Gemini Springs Park
… and this one…
Gemini Springs Park, Debary
Gemini Springs is also a place where the Florida alligators reside – but we didn’t have a chance to make an acquaintance to one that day…
Alligators - keep out!
… and a place where Erik climbed every tree he found convenient for climbing…
Perfect climbing tree in Gemini Springs Park
… and a place where I almost stepped on a snake that was lazily winding its way across the wooden bridge and into the water…
Snake on the wooden bridge in Gemini Springs
Snake going in the water
… and the home of many birds…
Black bird in Gemini Springs Park
Duck swimming in Gemini Springs
Beautiful bird at Gemini Springs
About to fly away...
… and a place with the most beautiful Spanish moss on the trees…
Trees with Spanish moss
Spanish moss from Gemini Springs
… and a place where I discovered these ancient weapons in the concrete of the sidewalk…
Ancient weapons
… and saw the blooming bottle brush tree and so much more that only the most pristine places on earth put forth…
Blooming bottle brush tree in February 2011
I hope you enjoyed this photo tour with me – around the Gemini Springs Park – as much as I did, despite the close encounter with the snake…
Gemini Springs Park address:
37 Dirksen Drive
Debary, FL 32713
Phone: 386.668.3810
Website: http://www.volusia.org
Hours: Sunrise to sunset
Cost: Free
Ages:All Ages
Looks great. The Black Bird and also under the Beautiful Bird (Blue Heron) is I think an Anhinga. I thought these were Cormorants until someone corrected me, we had those in Deerfield Beach where I used to live.
I have some pictures of these on my Squidoo lens http://www.squidoo.com/deer-creek-walk
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Thank you, Tony, for helping me out with the names of the birds!!
You’ve got a great blog there keep it up. I’ll be watching out for most posts.
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