When we finished touring the homestead, we decided to walk to the swamp boardwalk trail - which the docent at the homestead said was 3/4 mile each way. We obviously misunderstood him, as we thought that he meant that the trail was only 3/4 of a mile from the homestead...so off we started to go. Soon we discovered that the boardwalk was about 1/2 mile away, each way, and then the boardwalk itself was 3/4 mile from beginning to end...and, when we got to the end, we had to walk the 3/4 mile back...and the 1/2 mile back to the car! So...2 1/2 miles later, we were really tired and finally back at the car, with only about 20 minutes left for us to get out of the park before it closed! Whew! Here are a few pictures that I took along the boardwalk...I wish we'd had more time and energy to explore the off-shoots of the boardwalk, as they sounded like there was neat stuff to see on them.
The boardwalk is really amazing! It goes on like this, winding through the swamp, for 3/4 of a mile!
Cypress knees, again...only these look like they're growing bigger out thru the top...
If you look really close, you can see an alligator lurking in the grasses - actually, he's sleeping, I think.
The above two pictures were taken when we finally got to the end of the boardwalk...the water is called Seagrove Lake. It's really pretty...and, worth the walk...to me, but not to Peter because his arthritic toe really hurt from all the walking we had to do...and, now, we had to go all the way back!
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