Post by jamesp on Jul 5, 2014 20:45:06 GMT -5
Never heard of tupelo honey. Is it sold under that name?
At first, I thought the photo of the acidic water had been photoshopped, and wondered why you did that.
Heard of Van Morrison, but not the song.
Beautiful scenery as always!
Thanks!
Oops! One more thing: I noticed the hinnies, too.
The water in the river in this thread is stained a bit like whiskey. But the river it flows into is the Suwannee River.
The Suwannee River flows out of the large Okeefenokee Swamp. The high level of organic matter stains that river
very heavily. The water in sections of the Okeefenokee is so full of tannic acid it is drinkable due to the sterilizing effect
of the tannic acid concentrations.
Take it a step further. Lake George is a large lake on the St John's River. Salt water fish, crabs, shrimp, sting rays
come up the river and into the lake from the ocean at it's outlet at Jacksonville. On years with heavy rains the tannic acid
drains into the lake raising the acid so much that the saltwater visitors have to go up river and back to the ocean. A couple of
years ago heavy rainy season raised the acid level so high it burned the skin on the catfish and they died by the tens of thousands.
The lake was filled with gorged gators eating the rotting catfish. And the whole area stunk. It is a natural phenomena.
Tupelo honey is in about every store in the south Pat. Many canneries sell it. It is pretty much the cadillac of honey around here.
A light honey that is very sweet. Never crystalizes. It could be advertised as Hinnie Honey. Uh,that might be a bad idea....
