The Mermaid Show at Weeki Wachee! Spring Hill, Florida

Spring Hill, FL

    • rick
      January 10, 2010 at 3:59 pm

      Excellent post!

      • Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap
        January 10, 2010 at 4:35 pm

        Thanks! It warmed me up on a cold Pennsylvania morning just to write it. Can’t wait for our visit to Florida in just a few weeks!

    • Gunnar
      January 12, 2010 at 5:34 pm

      I was lucky enough to visit this place with my Grandma in the early 70s. Would love to go back!

      • Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap
        January 14, 2010 at 6:02 pm

        Gunnar, that must’ve been cool to see the place in the 1970’s- my grandmother lived (and still does, at the ripe old age of 91) in New Hampshire, so I didn’t get to visit Florida until well into my 20’s. Going to try and make up for missing a lot back then during our week long stay down south coming up soon- can’t wait!

    • Coleen
      January 14, 2010 at 2:34 pm

      Love this post. My parents lived in Spring Hill in the late 90s. This brings back a few good memories and made me smile! Thank you.

      • Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap
        January 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm

        Coleen – thanks so much for swinging by Retro Roadmap and glad I put a smile on your face! I have fond memories of visiting the area too, I know what you mean!

    • Hecvhanetskes
      April 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm

      You may wish to reconsider your understanding of the meaning of the words Weeki Wachee which you state to mean “Little Spring” or “Winding River”.

      Weeki appears to be an English corruption of the Mvskoke/Seminole word “Uekiwv” (“way-gay-wuh” meaning “Spring” or “water well”) and a Miccosukee (note variant spellings for Miccosukee) word “wace” (“Wah-chee”).

      In Miccosukee the word “wace” means “Mother”. Thus, the word “Uekiwace” (“way-gay-wah-chee) would be translated as “Spring Mother” or finally as “Mother Spring”.

      This would make more sense than interpreting it as “Little Spring”. I mean really, isn’t it patently obvious that this is one BIG spring? Why would the Seminoles/Miccosukees/Mvskokes call it Little Spring?

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