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so yummy 😋

Glad you liked it!

Thank you! I need you to come over and be my official tester. A food critic just like in the movie “Ratatouille!”

That moment belongs to me and the cookie.

Hey WakeNBake, great name! Please do try the recipe and send me a picture of your cookies!

I certainly hope not.

Hey Chef Vic, glad to see you enjoyed the dish. What do you think of nuts in a chocolate chip cookie? I know some say nay!

That's awesome! Make sure to post us a picture of it! Topping choices say a lot about a person.

Gracias! Cuando quieras comer una, hago una especial para ti!

What does this mean?

You’re the one that told me to get that tent because it was being sold for a bargain! No, we didn’t all sleep in there haha. Cade had his own one-person tent. Did you see we managed to include the merit badges? Immortalized!

Thank you! We’re looking forward to going back during the summer and giving it another go

Thanks Kathie!!

We feel the same 🥰

Hey Christine, thanks for watching and for bringing that up. The macaques aren’t indigenous and over the decades different proposals have been brought up to remove them. There used to be a couple more populations in Florida but the troop at silver springs is the only remaining wild population. A 2016 study from Biological Invasions placed 100 artificial birds nests through silver springs and found that 21 of them were predated by the macaques. Of course the macaques are also carriers of herpes B and an estimated 10% of the troop shed it in their saliva during fall breeding season which can be lethal to humans if they get bit and don’t receive medical intervention, so people are told to respect their distance (as they should with any other wildlife). When we researched the environmental challenges to Silver Springs by far the biggest impact has been from reduced water flow and poor water quality in the river due to tapping into the water reservoirs and Nitrogen pollution from fertilizer runoff in surrounding agriculture land.

It’s a beautiful place. Check it out if you can, now that we’re heading into manatee season

We were there in February. The wetsuits definitely came in handy then!

Thank you, Tia. If you liked this one, you might like the next one even more :)

You’ll never hug a rowdier 1 month old :)

He ate his weight in cake before that run. We need a rematch!

We couldn’t have done it without you! 🎼

Thanks :) they’re even prettier in the next one

Next time we’ll FaceTime so we get you a proper shoutout

Thanks Bruce, I wish I had seen this place in the 60s; I hear the water clarity was even better then.

@@theswashbuckjournal3924 Yeah, I grew up in rural Orange County near Orlando so I used to stomp around all the springs, rivers, and beaches in that area. Most of those places are unrecognizable to me today and I have no desire to go there. Hell, we used to be able to actually camp on New Smyrna beach, no tolls, no entry fees--miss those days. Some of the least know springs are feeding the Suwannee River, over 300. If you ever get up around Peacock Springs, check out Drew bridge. Looking forward to your next video!

Absolutely, we gotta enjoy these gems in our backyard! And we’ll definitely check out your channel later today

Haha ❤️ thank you! The next two videos should be pretty fun ones too :)

Haha thank you! We're pretty excited to film our next two. When will we be seeing your lovely self on camera again?

We have so many copies of the Nat Geo magazines in the apartment, it would be a dream to be recognized by them.

The macaques really brought it home :)

Gotta keep ya on your toes!

Thank you! Us too! We're headed into the Appalachian mountains.

@@theswashbuckjournal3924 have fun! Be safe ❤️🧿

They’re incredible. When you come visit, we’ll take you swimming with one

Thanks! We know a guy ;)

Hey Bruce! We are glad that this resonated, it was such a fun adventure. The more time we spend at the springs the more we realize there are so many moccasins. In our next video we visit silver springs. Wait til you see the footage.. we got a new camera!

@@theswashbuckjournal3924 Looking forward to your next one. Deb enjoyed this one as well. Keep a keen eye out for those mocs. My best friend used to scuba dive many of the springs feeding the Suwannee and there would be moccasins attached to the bottom just hanging on to something with their mouth open. Generally in the actual river away from the spring heads. Kinda weird. Went to Silver Springs as a child and toured in the glass bottom boats. My main spring stomping grounds in my youth was Rock Springs and Wekiva Springs, Wekiva River and Econ River, well, besides the east coast beaches. Those springs aren't worth visiting today IMO.

@@user-qx3sg8xr1c I have been haunted by the idea of moccasins ever since I read your comment! We just posted our most recent video on Silver Springs.

@@theswashbuckjournal3924 Always have to be on the lookout for sure. I was canoeing the Econ back in the 80's with a friend and he almost got nailed by a moc that was laying on a low branch over the river.