What a lovely stay we have enjoyed here. We are more inland, about 15 miles from the coast, and in the largest of the state parks we have visited. With it’s large size, there is more wildlife here. There is also a wide variety of hiking and biking trails here.
Along with some good kayaking, above you see me paddling in the wilderness area where access is limited and therefore you see more wildlife. We saw a lot of alligators on this paddle, but they behaved themselves as did we!
We had two special birding treats while here. The picture shows sandhill cranes dancing for us at the lake. We were treated with this scene the first day here and haven’t seen them since. They are very large birds and quite stately.
Here is a Burrowing Owl. These little owls actually dig and live in shallow burrows in the sand. Can you see the sand flying out as the mate takes its turn digging? You will see pictures in the slideshow at the side of an owl that took a short cut and adopted a drain as its burrow. You will also see that these owls are “city dwellers”.
There is such beauty here. God’s artistic hand is so evident here. The weather has been so summerlike. Les is in seventh heaven! We move Saturday, March 5th, more inland to Highland Hammock SP. Some camping friends, Gerri and Leon, will be there as they are volunteers this year there. We spend a week there then move to a new park in the Tampa area.
