The Itchetucknee

JPExpress · Post by **JPExpress** » Oct 11 2006 05:23 pm

It's such a beautiful river we have in North Central Florida. Don't you agree?

Joe C. · Post by **Joe C.** » Oct 11 2006 05:40 pm

generally, yes.

Sargo · Post by **Sargo** » Oct 11 2006 06:52 pm

i agree it is a great river, but since the state took over the park it has generally gone in a bad direction

JPExpress · Post by **JPExpress** » Oct 11 2006 08:50 pm

I would have to strongly disagree. Since the state took over, now they can limit the number of people and disallowed motorized boats on the river in order to help protect the vegetation and wildlife. And the river is MUCH, MUCH cleaner, too.

FishnChips · Post by **FishnChips** » Oct 11 2006 09:56 pm

Sargo wrote:i agree it is a great river, but since the state took over the park it has generally gone in a bad direction

Having grown up in that area, I can say with confidence that the river still goes in the same direction, generally, that it flowed 30 years ago.

oracle · Post by **oracle** » Oct 11 2006 10:14 pm

the good ol' itchmefuckme

Sargo · Post by **Sargo** » Oct 11 2006 10:25 pm

its true they can limit the boats and protect the wildlife, but the river itself does not look as nice as it used to

beNT_up · Post by **beNT_up** » Oct 11 2006 11:15 pm

Winter time I like to walk down the bank into state property and catch big bass!!!!!

Marro J · Post by **Marro J** » Oct 11 2006 11:50 pm

A general increase in the fertilizer content of the water has been causing problems with overgrowth of algae.

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... e=printart

"But nutrients in those waters have fueled algae growth that alter the river's ecology and cause allergic reactions in tubers, including three such incidents last year"

Itchey-tucknee? Itchy-tube-knee?

I saw a news blurb about it. Al Gore is totally right. SAVE OUR TUBERS! I'll be starting a non-prof this week.

Donations can be sent to my balls @:

The General Save Our Tubers Fund.

Larz · Post by **Larz** » Oct 13 2006 04:20 pm

Marro J wrote:A general increase in the fertilizer content of the water has been causing problems with overgrowth of algae.

shewww, thank God, i thought it was becaused i urinated in the river the last time i was there.

xlaalaagrrlx · Post by **xlaalaagrrlx** » Oct 13 2006 05:04 pm

this one time, at umm.. NOT band camp, we went on a field trip to said river. this one girl, her bathing suit bottom got caught on the metal thingie that you put air in the tube through and ripped her bathing suit right off. it was friggin hysterical.

J-Baby · Post by **J-Baby** » Oct 13 2006 05:17 pm

I went white water rafting on that river when I was in boyscouts... yes yes a very beautiful place.. they have waterfalls all around it and you can follow them up into the mountain. OH wait I thought you were talking about the chadanochchee in north carolina..

Marro J · Post by **Marro J** » Oct 13 2006 06:48 pm

xlaalaagrrlx wrote:this one time, at umm.. NOT band camp, we went on a field trip to said river. this one girl, her bathing suit bottom got caught on the metal thingie that you put air in the tube through and ripped her bathing suit right off. it was friggin hysterical.

That sounds awsome

lol

J-Baby · Post by **J-Baby** » Oct 13 2006 10:05 pm

I have been rafting down the itchnetuckee before.. it's fun.. and the water feels really good in the summer...

JPExpress · Post by **JPExpress** » Oct 15 2006 03:44 pm

I can't believe this thread has lasted this long. It was a joke/experiment that I think only Joe got. But said experiment failed because the thread did get moved even though it mentioned North Central Florida in the post.