With the SUP boards unmoored from the top of the boat , it ’ s now time to experience the force of the spring for ourselves . The experience does not disappoint . The bubbling spring is forceful but gentle as it pushes our boards back and away . Beneath us , schools of fish dart and river grass sway .
Capt . Andy surfaces from watching the fish and points to the sand beach . “ This is the best place in the whole world to eat a watermelon ,” he says . “ You sit in the shallow water there and eat it .”
Once we ’ ve grown tired of paddling the spring , it ’ s time to reboard and begin the long ride back to the dock at Point Washington . It ’ s a bit sad to say goodbye to these woods and this crystal-clear spring . It feels as though , just for a little while , we were granted special passage into a watery and forgotten world .
“ We love to show off our favorite places .”
Captain Jimmy
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