Excitement in the Woods

This week we’re at Camel Lake in another national forest in Florida. This time we got to swim in alligator infested water. There were two smaller alligators that literally live and swim right beside the beach. Small means one was 2-4 feet long while the other was 4-5 feet long. In the evening we can hear around 4 alligators that grunt to each other across the pond. We’ve heard that the alligators on the other side are bigger, but we didn’t see them.

One day John watched a turtle come up on the shore. She laid her eggs in a hole. By the time I saw it; she had covered her eggs and was entering the water. Just a few hours later, we came back and saw the hole was empty. Apparently birds will eat the eggs, but I never thought it would happen so quickly and take them all. 

Coming into the campground with the RV, we ignored the GPS for the last few miles when we saw signs directing us to the campground. On a day trip out, we decided to follow the GPS. WOW! The “road” was a path that seemed designed for ATV’s. It had foot deep holes in the middle of the road. It had sand pits where we held our breath to see if we could make it out. There were points where we scraped through the bushes on both sides. I am very, very glad we didn’t take the RV on this road. We wouldn’t have been able to turn around and there was no way we would have made it.

And, butterflies on the beach.