Faka-whats-ies: dollydancr

dollydancr

Faka-whats-ies

Mar 16, 2006 19:24

today i worked for 10 almost 11 hrs. but it was worth it i had a great time hiking or should i say tromping through the fakahatchee swamp... i was extremely worried before hand about water moccasins and alligators but once we got out there it wasn't bad at all except for the enormous amounts of poison ivy all around us. we stopped at oasis visitors center prior to swamp tromping and it freaked lindzee and i out because there were alligators everywhere... and i mean big alligators... but like i said once we got knee-high then mid-thigh high and finally pretty close to um... being uncomfortable... and hadn't seen any alligators or even snakes i was a little relieved... i have to admit that once we started hiking through the dry portions of the swamp i was extremely worried about snakes again but whatever needless to say we all survived even though i wish some that didn't come, came to get lost in the swamp forever along with a few others...

First Stop - Oasis Visitors Center

Alligators, Alligators everywhere!

and MORE alligators!

hungry?...?... mad?...?... Scared?...?... i'm not sure so i'm just gonna leave you alone!

NICE Mr. Alligator you stay there and i'll stay over here! :/

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Following the leader

Only the beginning...

this soon became a aimee sandwich as roger and eric jumped up and down on either side of me... :/

it started to remind me of Ferngully (the movie)

So we are ankle deep so far...

alittle deeper now knee deep...

the rest of the group... in total only 8 of us went...

a bee making love to the flower!...

eric looking cool like always!...

pretty purple flowers

stump of a cypress tree

lindzee and i making sure people will believe us when we tell them about our adventure today!... knee-deep in cold water, sinking in the mud, gripping the broom sticks so tight our hands are turning red...