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Published: February 2nd 2014
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It was pitter pattering on the roof again this morning but the sky looked brighter and the weather man assured us all that the clouds would clear by 11 am.
I had fallen asleep at 9 last night and it was now 8 am, 11 hrs, guess I was tired. Oscar never made it' to his bed last night, we shared.
I got my blog together from the day before and got that off while I had my wonderful coffee. The shower this morning was much better as the day was warmer.
I remembered that I had to check the schedule for the tram today to see if they were running so Oscar and I walked to the landing again. Boy, can you ever tell that it’s Saturday, there are people everywhere. So I bought my ticket for 1 pm, took Oscar back and got my camera and water and headed back for the tram. It was a little wait til we took off so I talked to some of the people riding along with me. The one couple was from Wisconsin and were staying in Ft Myers and heard about the park and came to spend the day. They
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note the end of the beak, shaped like a spoon have a 5th wheel rv but decided not to drive it all the way to FL. They wanted to spend some time on the Keys and he didn’t want to drive his camper there. Sounds strange to me.
The ride was very informative about the history of the area, the vegatation and elevation and what was needed to survive here for the original inhabitants. It was cattle country and the open grass areas were essential as was the periodic burning from lightening strikes to maintain the balance. The elevation varies by only 7 feet so it floods almost every summer, the wet season. One had to choose their home site very carefully.
I came back and decided to sit in my chair and read a book for a change. Just as I got settled and into the book it started raining again. Growl. So I read inside for a little while than took Oscar in the car to a nature walk so we could both stretch our legs for a while.
As we were walking the sun came out so I went back to the bridge to catch the perfect light of the evening for whatever critter were about.
There were several alligators, storks, egrets, cormorants, green herons and the first king fisher I saw here.
The sun was setting by then so we went back to camp and I got my chair out again to enjoy the outdoors. Just as I relaxed the mosquitoes came out in droves, even the repellant didn’t work. Back inside again just in time to get ready for the Saturday evening campfire led by one of the rangers.
It was almost pitch dark by the time I got there and it was held in a cabin instead of outside as I had thought. The ranger had a slide presentation all set up and proceeded to tell us all how the CCC had started the park in the 1930s and a little history of the land before and after it became a park. Very interesting. Then a couple sang 3 songs, one playing the banjo, the other a guitar and ended the program on a very enjoyable note.
My last day in the park, and I would love to come back and see more of it. Great place to stay and visit.
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