Florida’s BEST WILDLIFE Roadside Attraction - HOMOSASSA SPRINGS State Park - BEARS & BIG ALLIGATORS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- On this episode of Florida Roadside Attractions we visit Ellie Schiller’s Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in Citrus County, Florida.
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Very nice I've heard of that place so many times living here all my life but now I've got to plan to make a trip over there. I live near Vero Beach. Thank you for sharing Florida with us 😎🐊
Did you pay your Sillaway tax?
Go see before it is destroyed by MAN!!!
I love hipos ❤
Excited to watch! It was an awesome day!!❤️❤️❤️
Always the best of times with you, always! Let’s hit the road, another adventure today
Just subscribed
Thanks to you Jay any time I see a flamingo now I sing your flamingo song.
FlaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhMmmmmmmmmmiiiiiiiiiGggggggggggOooooooooooooHhhhhhhh!!
it is a shame parts of old Florida being "ERASED FROM EXSISTANCE"...due to progress, amazing places like these show us of those times remembered.
Being a Floridian myself, I am pained by what I see. They paved paradise and put up condos and shopping
Should have kept the yanks above West VA lol
Yep
@@danceswithpaperhands6221 it's hard when Yanks consider Florida their promiseland...These folks don't know what visit/vacation means they took that as move the hell in.
It is refreshing to see how well two people get along.
that’s an awesome park. The Homosassa and Crystal River area is one of my favorite places to visit, and it holds special memories for me and my wife too. I’m glad you and Cris had an enjoyable time and I enjoyed watching the video.
Wow, flash back commercial tootsie pop funny good times
I love that old commercial
Birds, Gators, Manatee, Bears & Flamingos oh my. Cool vlog Jay & Cris!!
Thanks Tim this place has it all
Awesome fun video! Thursday I went to a lake and saw a dozen Eagles!
Fun vlog Jay! You and your Flamingoes, I think it is funny how you sound like Adam Sandler when you say it. Of course from the film. lol
It was because of you that I visited that place the next day after watching your first vlog there. I enjoyed it
It’s a great place man glad you made it out there
Thanks for the memories. I visited the Fish Bowl and rest of the park in the mid 80’s. There wasn’t much to see back then but the boat ride and seeing the manatees was great. I also swam with manatees while scuba diving in Crystal River. Very cool.
Loved this video tour. My family and I recently moved to Homosassa and we have not visited any of the parks yet. This video served as a reminder that we really need to get out and explore our new home area!! You did such a nice job showcasing the park and the beautiful nature around us!!👏🏾
Thank you so much Toni!! I appreciate you coming along and it’s so awesome to hear you enjoyed living vicariously thru the video. I hope you’re able to get out soon and go on your own adventure. There are a lot of beautiful areas and fun things to do in that neck of the woods.
We're in Spring Hill and this place (along with Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River) are where we always take visitors and house guests. We love that you can pretty much always show someone a manatee here, even if they are only in the rescue facility.
Sometimes you can see the manatees right in Linda Peterson Park in Spring Hill or in nearby Bayport. I have seen dolphin at Bayport as well.
Thank you for reminding us of this hidden gem! We are going to be visiting Tarpon Springs in July and have now added a visit here too!
Cris the Girl rocks.
She sure does !
Love seeing all the animals ,Tampa Jay An Kris The Girl.
Sweet vlog guys, lovyavids, Jay, put a ring on that woman! Peacetooya
My greetings to you two, this was a verry nice adventure trip to follow with you. Thanck you!! I Adore you two
Watching this laughing out loud!!!
"... okay, there is no sign for deer splattering, but there should be!" 😂😂😂😂😂 Love you both! You are such a sweet and funny couple!
....you are flora and I am fauna.... 💞😊
“No Ying Yang twins at the WEDDING?!!” 😂👰🏻♀️💍 Loved that you slipped that in there! ❤️😉
Hi Tampa Jay! 🙋 Loved seeing all the animals. Awesome video.
Thanks Jenny
Lovely place. Thanks for taking us along 😊👍💕
Love the hippos. Thanks for the tour TJ
I'm sorry you had crappy weather in Chicago. It was 80 here yesterday! I know you've been to Chicago many times. I hope you've experienced some nice and warm weather too. Great vid. Chris the Girl is so pretty and sweet. ♥️🐊🌴
Very beautiful sunny day, wonderfull place 👍
Thanks 👍 for your time and explanation of our beautiful Florida ❤
Okay, she missed the “w” word the first time, but I bet she catches it on the replay! I loved this video ❤️
Thank you so much Diane
This is cool. Love the beautiful Flamiiingooos. But I say Nope to the reptile s display. Not a fan of them. Lots of great info. Thank you so much. I learn a lot from these videos. Looking fwd to see what you have in store for us. 💕
Thanks again jay for the good vids keep them coming
Thank you Shannon happy to hear you enjoyed it
When she does your outro for you, you know she's a keeper.
I agree :)
Wow! I clicked on immediately when i saw the homosassa springs sign..i have a pic of myself in front of that sign from when i was 6 yrs old.I'm now the same age as lou the hippo ..62 .i was a new yorker visiting my grandparents in fl and they brought us there..great video .made me want to revisit also made me smile at the old references to tootsie pop..yogi the bear and adam the woo(subscribor) its good to see this place is still open..thanks for the revisit many many years later..look forward to more..we also went to tarpon springs and weeki wachi ( no disney.thou since it didnt even exist back then..thanks i really enjoyed this!! Subscribed
Can’t go wrong with bears and big alligators!
Sure Can’t buddy beautiful stuff
Awesome video Jay and Cris, love seeing what old Florida looked like, hope you guys had a great weekend and thanks for the cool videos, stay safe my friend
Been to this place years ago.Very pretty! Thanks for the video.
HEY, TAMPA JAY & CRIS THE GIRL Well That's so cool I like Seeing all kinds of Wildlife and enjoy The
Plants also OK GUY'S Take care stay safe God bless and will see you on the next awesome video
Such a fun and relaxing video ^_^ that place looks amazing totally on bucket list if i ever visit FL
I was just waiting for him to say it when they first mentioned the turtle lol 😆
I was born and raised n Jacksonville. This is my favorite part of Florida.
Thanks for sharing 🤙🏻☀️👍🏻!
If you saw the flamingos at the Chaffee Zoo you'd be so thrilled. I love the Aviary at that particular zoo.
Another great vid with the mrs! Woulda loved chicago yeaterday bud. Damn near perfect for a wrigley field trip
I still haven't been there but hopefully very soon. Thanks 👍
I live here, their is so much to do here. It's the Nature coast. Lived a lot of places all over the US, this is by far the best....Panthers, hogs, deer, alligators, and the best sport fishing anywhere.
I love in Oklahoma now.
And this video brought back memories, for I was raised in Homosassa Florida. on Yulee drive. Me and my sister went there every weekend.
A lot has changed since I was there.
It doesn't look the same, there was no boardwalk. We got to walk with the deer, and birds and squirrels.
There was no reptile display room. All dangerous animal was in cages.
There was 3 monkey name freckles, tiny and Cindy and also a leopard.
Thank for sharing this.
Oh The Huge Manatee!
I have had so many white tailed deer run right in front of me both up in the Philly area when I lived there in the 90s and here in Florida, one was so close I screamed I thought I was going to hit it.
Outstanding
Ya'll really crack me up with the cheesy jokes. LOL
I’m a cheesy guy haha
Thought we'd heard of all the great spots in Florida...Very nice!
I was raised there and it was beautiful!
Back in the day there was a 2 headed turtle in a big aquarium at the welcome center. Very cool.
I though they kept its remains in a case. I will have to check next time I am there.
I live in the TB area. This is so cool, my family definitely will be checking it out. Enjoy both you and #CrisTheGirl I love plants and flowers too. Her vlogs are so fun for me.
There are 2 Osprey pairs that summer at our Place. We see them fishing all the time. Nice to see this place again!
Ooooo! This place is FANTASTIC!!
The last time we were there the boat was closed. The fish bowl was closed too. Lou will hit you from the other side where there is no sign 😳 lol. She likes snakes but not frogs 😂. I was just telling Cris on Instagram that you can swim near the manatees just outside the park near the manatee sanctuary where the boaters were located. We had a lot of fun kayaking there a few months ago and swimming near them. Great video and Park!
this was cute thanks for showing!
Thanks for joining us Dawn
I saw Tampa Bay Jay at a jewelry store not sure what he was doing LOL
Hey MR Jay 👋what a adventure that was brilliant stuff guys from the beginning I started watching your videos you never disappoint at all 👊 I have a health issue lately 😔 but watching yours and cris tours gives me a good smile and laugh 😃 anyway bro good to check out your new adventure around Florida
Take care
Peace ✌️ down under 🇦🇺🇦🇺👋
Nice video
So many flaaamiiiiingoooo friends!
Alligators can climb chain link fence. Scary that the fence in your video isn't very high 😯
the florid panther is beautiful
I love how both Cris and your videos are of the same places but we get to see so many different things as well (if that made sense) haha im just now catching up to all of your videos. You pump them videos out like nothing haha great job Jay and Cris!!
Thanks Krystal you’re so awesome!
Love you guys
Gattorland is also an awesome location! great video my dude
I have been a Pasco county resident of 16 years and I would agree about your choice Florida attractions
Thanks for this! Visited 20+ yrs ago, glad it's still there. Your shirt says Sunken Gardens.. are they still there?!!! I loved that place, been a long time. Hoped they'd survived!
We did a south Florida trip that you and Cris will love. Started with the classic Coral Castle. Then a great place called "Robert is here!" with an epic petting zoo. Finally we hit Everglades Outpost where you can swim with alligators! Crazy awesome place.
We need to check those spots out thanks mark my buddy l!
Thanks for sharing, my wife and I would definitely like to visit here. Heyy, have you guys ever been to the Sponge Docks down in Tarpon Springs? We love that place! 😊
Thank you so much, Yes vlogged Tarpon several times it’s one of my favorite places, been going there with my family for 30 years,
@@TampaJay ohhh AWESOME!!!! I'll have to look back at your videos and find those! My wife and I need to get back to Tarpon soon for a visit. I lived there for about a year in my teenage years. My family is in Port Richey now.
Great place. Same as weeki wachee and rainbow river.
Now you need to drive south to the weekiwachi river and rent a boat and go up the river and see all the wildlife. Manatees and otters plus all the fish. And the clear water. Pack a picnic lunch and beach yourself on one of the several beaches. Very small beaches.
Worked and lived in the Homosassa Springs zoo/park back in early 1980s before it was a state park. "Lu", the hippopotamus, real name is "propeller butt". Construction was taking place around his enclosure and he swallowed a cement block. We thought he was dead for sure. No surgery. He passed it through. Staff had strict orders not to land on "Monkey island" The last staff member who tried had his arm removed by the troop. There use to be a private zoo inside the park but not open to the public where circus animals would be temporarily housed. The movie star bear, Gentle Ben, escaped once and the only way to get him back was to tempt him with an ice cream cone. We use to do 2am security checks on the deer. "Hunters" use to break in the zoo via the river and would attempt to "bag" one of our deers. We cleaned the Fish bowl windows wearing dive gear. Below the fish bowl is a collapse railroad track and the remains of First Nation artifacts that can be found in submerged caves. During that time period, it was a fight with management to move the animals from metal cages to enclosed natural habitats. We built the enclosures on our "days off" with no pay, using anything we could find in the swamp. It was the public's pleased response to the natural habitats that forced management to get on board so thank you.
Great vlog.
Rainbow River in Dunnellon Florida is also a great place to experience old Florida. State Park plus KP HOLE kayak launch and Withlacoocee river.
Love rainbow River!!
Great video
First time I've watched your channel, but as I was working and listening, I thought it was Adam the Woo talking. :)
I remember when Elvis was there in the 60's when they making fallow that dream,, he learned how to suba dive in kings bay, and stayed at the port paradise ,, it was a privately owned park back then,, I heard they don't feed the Gators anymore or have any wildlife shows,
I spent a weekend tracking down all the locations of where Elvis visited while filming follow that dream. I was thinking of them that day I can’t believe I didn’t even mention it.
There's the archeology park in Crystal River also that's very interesting.
I Remember Back Before It was a State Park And They Had All The Blonde Handed Spider monkeys About a Hundred Of Them In a huge Metal Cage That was Beautiful made of Twisted Steel Bars, It Was Beyond KOOL. Back Then They Had A Lot More Animals And Less Guests......Back then I Lived Local and The Park Was My Favorite Place To Visit And My Wife And I Almost Bought The Park Just Before The STATE Bought It. I Missed Out On That DEAL......
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TJ: So no Ying Yang Twins at "our" wedding!"
Cris the Girl: What?
TJ: What? 😅
Great place and definitely a good value for $13.
All the dad jokes without the kids 😁
If you ant to see a real Old Florida Roadside attraction go to Palmdale Florida and go to Gatorama. In August sometime do the Hatching Festival and you get to hatch baby gators from the egg in your hand. And the other great experience is feeding a gator out in the open on land about 4 feet from its mouth. The handlers are near you and also about 10 other gators in the water about 20 feet away. It is amazing. And staff and owners are amazing.
Cool place, I live a quarter mile from it..
Living near Ocala, I might want to make a trip soon (about 1.5 hours drive from me.) Looks like a fun place.
That’s not a bad drive at all I used to live in Ocala myself
oh, yea , is very preety , but very few people can aford to go there any more,i went there a few years back ,and i said to my wife we will be coming here every year and the next year we went and we could not go in because of the price raise, enjoy it who ever can aford it. GOD bless.
Ok Jay I can't stop laughing at the kid correcting you about the "Florida" Black Bear and then just pointing out you have a ant on you. I love that you said oh thanks....UHH then cut the rest out... what happen were you attacked by ants?? Did the kid just stand there watching and did nothing??? :)
funny thing my cousin just lives up the street from there which i was up that way earlier but last time i was at the park was middle school
Cool
I live in Citrus County. About 15 mins from the wildlife park.
Great place I live there
You live in a great place
I watched the movie Birds today.
Great movie
Oh yeah little fun fact about foxes they can believe it or not emit smells similar to a skunk i never knew this before until one summer me & my dad & my brother went to Bays Mountain located in Kingsport Tennessee & me & my dad read a sign that had that info about foxes
U headed to any rays games in the future sir? Im headed down july 29th 30th games against the guardians
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Frogs are good luck!
When I was there last, a big crane-like bird flew into the Florida panther cage. The panther pounced on it and killed it instantly. It was kinda horrifying.
Whenever i see or hear about Manatees i feel really bad for them because of where they sometimes get hit by the boat motors & get either severely injured or they can come out with just a few scrapes & scratches
Jay your hair is getting owly! haha