My husband and I are going to go on a small overnight hike at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in February. It will be a nice change for us to experience the Florida outdoors - the sounds, smells and sights. Can't wait to make the memories.
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Update: We spent one night camping in the park. We had a 7.5 - 8 mile hike to our campsite. The air was steamy! We heard and saw a pileated woodpecker - what a lot of ruckas he made - and he is huge! I guess there are two birds (or two pairs?) in the park. I wondered what those wooden sticks were growing out of the ground and later found out from the park rangers that they are Cypress Knees. Hiking out, we stopped for a break in the shade and a turtle (golpher turtle?) came over to check us out. We got rained on the last mile of the hike but it was a soft, warm rain and it felt great!
Update: We spent one night camping in the park. We had a 7.5 - 8 mile hike to our campsite. The air was steamy! We heard and saw a pileated woodpecker - what a lot of ruckas he made - and he is huge! I guess there are two birds (or two pairs?) in the park. I wondered what those wooden sticks were growing out of the ground and later found out from the park rangers that they are Cypress Knees. Hiking out, we stopped for a break in the shade and a turtle (golpher turtle?) came over to check us out. We got rained on the last mile of the hike but it was a soft, warm rain and it felt great!
