Author: Don Philpott 作者：唐Philpott
Article source: http://www.sogonow.com/ . 文章来源： http://www.sogonow.com/ 。 Used with author's permission. 用作者的许可。 Every year around 40 million visitors come to Florida for the sun, sea and attractions.每年约40万游客来到佛罗里达州的阳光，大海和旅游景点。 Most visit the world famous theme parks or enjoy the fabulous palm-fringed sandy beaches.大多数参观世界著名的主题公园或欣赏精彩棕榈摇曳的沙滩。 However, while Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse is known the world ever, Florida is host to another mouse that is just as special and the key to exploring the real Florida.然而，尽管迪斯尼的米老鼠被称为世界上有史以来，佛罗里达州主办，另一个鼠标，仅仅是作为特殊和关键，探讨真正的佛罗里达州。 The tiny Florida mouse - only found within the State - is one of the hundreds of species of animals, birds and other creatures that live in Florida's magnificent state parks.佛罗里达州的小老鼠-内发现的唯一的国家-是一个数百种动物，鸟类和其他动物生活在佛罗里达州的宏伟国家公园。 The chain of 159 state parks is one of Florida's best kept secrets yet they offer a great day out for all the family - and for a tiny fraction of the cost of spending a day at one of the theme parks.这一连串的159个国家公园是美国佛罗里达州最好保持机密但他们提供了一个伟大的日子了所有的家庭-以及一小部分的成本开支，每天一个主题公园。 Just a few miles from Walt Disney World, Sea World and Universal Studios is Wekiwa Springs State Park, an 8,000 acre natural oasis surrounded by urban build up.仅几英里从迪斯尼世界，海洋世界和环球影城是Wekiwa温泉国家公园，一个八零零零英亩天然绿洲包围城市建设。 If you stand on the deck outside the park's nature center and look out at the spring and the lush tropical vegetation beyond, you can enjoy a landscape that is much the same as when the first Spanish explorers ventured inland almost 500 years ago and even when the first Indians arrived almost 12,000 years ago.如果你站在甲板上外面公园的自然中心，并期待在春季和茂密的热带植被以后，您就可以享受风景是大致相同的第一个西班牙探险家冒险内陆将近500年前，即使首先抵达的印度人几乎一万二年前。 Wekiwa is a Creek Indian word meaning 'spring of water' and today, the crystal clear spring discharges a staggering 43 million gallons of water every day into a lagoon that has a year round temperature of about 72 degrees. Wekiwa是一个Creek印地安字，意思是'春天的水' ，今天，清澈春季惊人排放四千三百点〇 〇 〇万加仑水每天进入泻湖具有常年温度约72度。 Wekiwa Springs State Park is one of three parks in the area that make up the Wekiva River Basin State Parks, an area covering over 40,000 acres. Wekiwa温泉国家公园是三名候选人之一，公园在该地区构成了Wekiva河流域国家公园，一个面积超过四点零零万英亩。 Wekiva is the Creek Indian word for "running water" so the spring is Wekiwa and the river is Wekiva - just to confuse you! Wekiva是Creek印地安字的“自来水” ，因此春季是Wekiwa和河流Wekiva -只是为了迷惑你！ Admission to the park is just $5 for a car and all passengers so you can spend all day sunbathing, swimming in the lagoon, walking the trails, exploring the wildlife or renting a canoe and paddling up the quiet, winding river.入场，公园仅仅是5美元，汽车和所有乘客，因此您可以整天享受日光浴，游泳的泻湖，走小径，探索野生动物或租用独木舟和划船的安静，蜿蜒河流。 Visit the nature center at the start of your visit which will give you some idea of the wealth of wildlife to be seen within the park's boundaries.访问中心的性质开始时，您的访问，这将给你一些想法的财富的野生动物被认为在公园的边界。 You can also learn about the park's rich history.您还可以了解公园的丰富的历史。 When dinosaurs roamed the rest of North America, Florida was still submerged several hundred feet below the sea.当恐龙出没的其他北美，佛罗里达州仍然淹没几百英尺的大海。 Instead of massive land animals, the warm waters above what was to become Florida were home to giant sharks - more than 55 feet long.而不是大规模的陆生动物，在温暖水域上面是什么成为了佛罗里达州家大鲨鱼-超过5 5英尺长。 You can still find shark teeth and other fossils in the park although you shouldn't take them.您仍然可以找到鲨鱼牙齿化石和其他在公园里虽然你不应该考虑他们。 Around 10,000 years ago mammoth, mastodon, saber tooth tiger, camel, rhinoceros, giant ground sloth and glyptodonts - a 1,000lb ancestor of the armadillo - roamed the Florida countryside, having been driven south by advancing Ice Age glaciers.大约1.0万年前的猛犸象，乳齿象，剑齿虎，骆驼，犀牛，巨地面懒惰和glyptodonts -一个一〇 〇 〇磅祖先的犰狳-佛罗里达漫步乡间，在被赶出南部推进冰期冰川。 Timucuan Indians were the first to settle the area and they established settlements throughout Florida. Timucuan印第安人是最早来解决该地区，并建立了定居点，他们在整个佛罗里达州。 The Spanish arrived in the 1500s introducing horses and oranges as well as European diseases that killed most of the Indians.西班牙抵达介绍十六匹马和桔子以及欧洲的疾病，死亡的大多数印度人。 In the 18th century settlers began colonizing Central Florida and at the end of the Civil War a hotel was built at the springs and the first tourists arrived.在18世纪殖民定居者开始佛罗里达州和中央在内战结束的酒店建在泉水和第一批游客抵达。 Today, the tourists continue to come and many of them are visitors from outside the US in search of the other Florida.今天，游客继续来，其中许多游客是来自美国以外的地方寻找其他佛罗里达州。 There are picnic areas with grills for barbecuing, family and RV camp sites with hooks up for power and water and primitive camp sites if you want to trek into the backwoods.有野餐烧烤区的烧烤，家庭和RV营地与钩了电力和水和原始的营地如果你想徒步到backwoods 。 There are mountain bike trails, hiking trails and horse raiding trails as well as nature walks.有山地自行车步道，远足径和骑马突击步道，以及各行各业的性质。 Maps are provided free and all trails are clearly signposted so you can move from one trail to another depending on how far you want to walk or how keen you are to get back to the spring and jump in the water.地图是免费提供的所有步道都有清楚的标志，因此您可以从一个线索到另一个取决于多远要步行或如何渴望你回到春天和跳跃的水。 If you are out on the trails, you may see black bear, white tailed deer, raccoon, bobcat, gopher, armadillo and fox squirrel, the largest member of the squirrel family.如果您是上落后，您可能会看到黑熊，白尾鹿，浣熊，山猫，地鼠，犰狳和狐狸松鼠，最大的成员，松鼠家庭。 Many people mistake fox squirrels for monkeys because of their size and the way they sit in the trees.许多人错误的狐狸松鼠猴，因为它们的规模和方式，他们坐在树木。 However, there are monkeys in the state park - descendants of "extras' in a Tarzan movie that escaped during filming many years ago.然而，有猴子在国家公园-后裔的“额外'在泰山影片，在拍摄逃脱许多年前。 The park's most famous critter is the alligator which can grow up to 14 feet and there are hundreds in the Wekiva Basin.公园最有名的critter是鳄鱼能够成长为14英尺，并有数百个在Wekiva盆地。 You can usually spot them while out canoeing.您通常可以现场，同时进行独木舟。 Gators are fascinating creatures.佛罗里达大学是迷人的动物。 Their teeth grew continuously throughout their lifetime and they exert 2-3,000 lbs of pressure per square inch when biting down - compared to humans who exert only 5 lbs of pressure when biting down with all their force.他们的牙齿不断增长的整个一生，他们2-3000磅施加的压力为每平方英寸时，咬了-人类相比，谁施加只有5磅的压力时，咬了他们的所有力量。 Gators can also outswim you in the water and outrun you on land, achieving speeds of 35mph over short distances.佛罗里达大学也可以outswim你在水和超出你的土地上，实现35英里每小时的速度短距离。 Large gators can also jump vertically four to five feet out of the water - a good reason not to mess with them!大鳄鱼也可以垂直跳4至5英尺的水-一个很好的理由不惹他们！ There are many other interesting any interesting and unusual animals, birds, reptiles and insects to see in the park.还有许多其他有趣的任何有趣的和不同寻常的动物，鸟类，爬行动物和昆虫看到在公园里。 So, the next time you are planning a visit to Central Florida, say hi to Mickey and then enjoy a great and affordable family day out with Florida's other mouse and experience the delights of the real Florida.所以，下次您正计划访问中央佛罗里达州，打招呼，以米老鼠，然后享受一个伟大而负担得起的家庭日与佛罗里达州的其他鼠标，体验欢乐的真正佛罗里达州。 Wekiwa State Springs Park is off Wekiwa Springs Road in Apopka, about 10 miles from all the main attractions. Wekiwa国家温泉公园已关闭Wekiwa温泉路阿波普卡，约10英里处的所有主要景点。 Visit their website at www.floridastateparks.org/wekiwasprings访问其网站www.floridastateparks.org / wekiwasprings Don Philpott spent 20 years as a senior correspondent with Reuters/Press Association wire service traveling the world on assignments.唐Philpott度过了20年的资深记者与路透社/记者协会电线旅游服务世界上的任务。 He has had more than 5,000 articles and 56 books published on travel, security, wine, food, and diet and health.他已经超过5000篇文章和56本书出版的旅行，安全，酒，食品，饮食和健康。 He recently completed a five year project writing a series of 22 travel guidebooks on Florida and the Caribbean.他最近完成了一项为期五年的项目写了一系列的旅行指南22日在佛罗里达州和加勒比地区。 His latest book The Trailside Cookbook, was co-authoried with his wife Pam and was published by Firefly in March 05.他的最新著作的Trailside食谱，共同authoried与他的妻子帕姆和出版了萤火虫在3月05 。 He is host of http://www.wineinfo101.com , a wine and food appreciation website and senior editor of Florida Features which specializes in articles on Florida and the Caribbean.他是东道主http://www.wineinfo101.com ，葡萄酒和食品赞赏网站资深编辑和佛罗里达州的特点专门条款佛罗里达州和加勒比地区。 He is a member of the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association and the North American Travel Journalists Association.他是一个成员的国际美食，美酒和旅行作家协会和北美旅游记者协会。
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