My Dad likes this picture.
In the morning, we visited the Okeefenokee Swamp Park. The admission package that we chose costs about $18/adult and included a 30-minute boat tour of the swamp, a train tour, and a nature show.
We saw alligators, turtles, and a river otter.
The boat tour showed us some of the swamp's beauty.
The tanic acid in the water makes it tea-like and safe to drink.
Old Roy was the dominant male in the '90s, I think.
Oscar was the latest dominant male to die. He was about 1000 lbs and will become the largest alligator skeleton.
There was also a petting zoo there.
This rabbit was just hopping around freely, not unlike the ones we have in Maryland.
In the afternoon, the alligators were out of the water absorbing and storing the sun's energy.
The nature show guy taught us things like how to preserve nature's balance by leaving snakes alone so that they can eat the rats. He also said that when we leave the alligators alone, they leave us alone because animals have a natural fear of humans. This reminded me of the part in Genesis that Steve and I had just read together about how the animals were given a fear of humans.
The nature guy was telling us that the swamp has everything anybody needs to live in it: plenty of food and a hut that would last eight years after building it. All the things that we have these days are unnecessary.
We started heading for home. Instead, of camping an extra night on the way, we drove straight through and arrived home a little after midnight.
This whole trip cost us about $600 dollars and an unpaid week from Steve. It was definitely worth it.
3 comments:
Great pictures of the swamp! Florida is so neat to visit! Has steve seen this picture of himself yet? you are going to be in trouble
GREAT TRIP! Good experiences are so worth the trouble and money. I'm glad you guys got such a good trip in. That last picture looks very familiar.
Beautiful pictures Wendy! We really want to do a Florida trip someday soon also. See you guys in a week :)
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