Florida meet, late May

[Mermaidmechanic]

Anyone up for it? The weather should be nicer this go around. :)

[Marlin]

If we can go further north this time- Sure, I'd love to. But that drive was a killer last time.

[MerAnthony]

If I was in NC at the moment I would say heck yes. But saddly I am in NY state at this time.

[Mermaid Harmony]

I'll be there in the middle of July in the Tampa area.

[Green Tea Mermaid]

I am down, but I don't have a tail yet. I just recently went to blue springs. It was really a nice large swimming area, but I am up for anywhere you guys choose. =)

[WavyMermaidy]

Depending on the date chosen I would definitely try to make it

[NerineArcticMermaid]

Further north would be great!..

Not sure ilk have money..Car needs work but anyone driving through Georgia? Come get me if you do!!!!!!

[Mermaid Mako]

Reviving this since I didn't go to the other one! Still interested. :)

[Green Tea Mermaid]

I am still interested too!

[Marlin]

I'm still in; I would really love it if we went a little farther north.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Too bad I get my tail late June! I would've loved to see all you guys!! But I might get it sooner so we shall see :)


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Rivertee]

I'm meeting a few friends at Ichetucknee Springs (http://www.floridastateparks.org/ichetuckneesprings/)May 25th. It's memorial day weekend so a lot of us have off work and the spring is amazing!

[Marlin]

@ Dana- Perfect spot- it would be much closer to me; but I'm headed on vacation that week and will be out of town. Wish I could go.

[Rivertee]

@ Marlin, We can try for another weekend. My job is pretty flexible and with enough notice I don't usually have a problem getting days off.

[WavyMermaidy]

I'll be out of town too, but should be more flexible time-wise after May. I'd be interested to check out a new spring...haven't been to Ichetucknee!

[Marlin]

Sure. Sounds good to me. I probably won't be able to get time off until June. And I don't think my tail will be back to me before then either.

[Rivertee]

June is a great month to go the spring, lots of kids due to summer vacation. Would be a wonderful time to bring some magic back to these springs. My husband and I also wanted to do a weekend at Blue Springs for camping and such maybe in July.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

I would be able to go in the end of June or any time in July! And I will have by finfolk tail then!!


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Marlin]

Blue Springs would be another good spot for me too.

[Rivertee]

If we put something together for July the weekend of the 20th would be good. Puts it at almost a month before Merfest in Tampa. A meet of the southern pod could also help new mers have friends at the bigger event. ^.^ Just an idea.

[Marlin]

I'm up for that. Should be more than enough time for Finfolk to get done with re-sizing my tail.

We going with Ichetucknee then? If so, I'll go ahead and reserve a campsite for the weekend for Miss Marlin and I. (after I clear it with her of course)

[MerEmma]

Ugh, I want to go to a meet up SO bad but the scheduling never works out. My mum's car is in the shop and if it does get paid off in time for it then we might be going out of town. Some day I will make it to a meet-up.

(I don't have a sewing machine with the right stitch to sew my tail skin anyway, but still. Gahhh.)

Hope you all have a great time & take plenty of pictures!

[Mermaid Sirenia]

I'm almost positive I could go that weekend!!! :)


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[WavyMermaidy]

Aaahhh Emma such a bummer! As for me, I should be available at that time!

[Rivertee]

So July 20th did we want to do Itchetucknee or Blue Springs?

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[Rivertee]

Emma> there's a merfest in Tampa bay FL this year in September. Might be a good chance for a meet.

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[WavyMermaidy]

So July 20th did we want to do Itchetucknee or Blue Springs?

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I haven't been to either one personally....I was going to go by distance as a factor in my vote but they look quite close to one another. So if whoever has been to them could possibly give us pros and cons?

[WavyMermaidy]

Emma> there's a merfest in Tampa bay FL this year in September. Might be a good chance for a meet.

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I'm so bummed...the dang Merfest is right when I'm going out of town...Grrr :(

[Rivertee]

From what I've read of other mers whos been to Blue springs is in some places it's pretty shallow. Both have sucken logs to snagging may happen. Blue Springs has nicer amitatees and camping than Itchetucknee, but Itch. has wild life that sometimes join for swimming plus it's an entire river to swim down so a lot places to 'perch' and show off to tubers. There's swimming holes at both for beginnner mers to swim and learn in their fins. Itch is tech closer to Marlin and myself than blue springs but not by much.

Any other Mers have pros and cons?

[Marlin]

Driving wise, Blue Springs is way closer to me (Just ran the Google Earth "Get Directions" thing) I've heard great things about both. I know that the Georgia mers are thinking about a meet around the same time we are and Blue Springs is one of the locations they were discussing as a site. If you guys wanted to, we could just combine the two meets at a central location. (Eastern Alabama being -kinda- in between Florida and Georgia)

I'd still like to vote for Blue Springs if the camping amenities are better. We (Miss Marlin and I) camped out for the Alexander meet and enjoyed it, so we would probably be doing the same thing again. (Especially if you want to really plan for it and get camping spots next to each other.)

So- TL;DR - Both springs are nice, Blue is closer to me and we could combine meets with the GA mers and have a one big (maybe multi-day) mer-meet. So I am up for Blue Springs for the weekend of July 20th.

[Rivertee]

If the GA mers were thinking blue springs AL then that would be fun to meet a lot fo other local mers. Though I'll admit AL is a bit of a drive from Jax FL.

[Marlin]

Yeah, I was talking about the Alabama location. Didn't realize there was one here in FL

[Rivertee]

Yea but I have family in Pensacola I can bunck up with too

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[Muse]

I am very interested in meeting some of you! I don't have a tail yet, but I do have a camera and love creative shoots. There don't seem to be many merfolk here in panama city :( so I haven't been able to talk to anyone about it. I had no idea there was a festival!

[Rivertee]

Yea there's a lot of possible meet up in the community. It just takes someone to organize it ^.^

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Dana I literally live right next to jax! Haaha fernandina beach:)


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Rivertee]

Awesome! Anytime you want to meet for a swim let me know

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[MermaidCelesteFL]

I've been to Blue springs, FL before. There is a bit of a current in between the beginner swimming hole and the diving hole, and there are roots to swim between, but I did have the opportunity to swim with fish! The only reason why I had a difficult time swimming there was because the bottom of the spring was not sandy, so the water (without goggles) was difficult to navigate. Otherwise the water is pretty clear.

[Rogue Siren]

I don't have a tail yet but I'm heading to Itchetucknee on Wed I believe...possibly Ginnie Springs.

I'm in Jacksonville (Neptune Beach area) until then if anyone local wants to meet up. I'd like to meet some fellow mers. :)

[Rivertee]

Milieu, we're looking into blue springs FL gift July 18-20

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[Rogue Siren]

I know. I won't be going to it. That 's why I was mentioning I was around if anyone cared.

[JessieMermaid]

If it's in blue springs fl I won't be able to go

[Rivertee]

I left location up to a vote so wherever gets the most votes is where we'll set up the meet up. If anything the merfest in Sept. is in Tampa ^.^