After the week of chaos I had, it was nice to take a little breather and step out into nature. The girls and I went for a much needed overnight camping trip. The awesome thing about it is the campsite is local, so not much traveling is required and I get the benefit of being disconnected while still within Emergency Service Providers (of course, since I had no bars on my cell I couldn’t contact an Emergency Service if my life depended on it…).
After setting up camp, we decided to try our hand at a nature walk.
Big Sis declared the trail, “Sketchy.”
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| See how "sketchy? |
Little Sis was disturbed by the amount of overhang and kept eyeing the canopy with suspicion.
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| I admit, even I was a bit concerned about this "shady" overhang. |
Me? I tried to convince the girls that every noise they heard was a cougar.
The only wildlife we saw, aside from birds, were:
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| Spider |
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| Hermit Crab (Probably suffering from a concussion after being dropped from the equivalent of a 500 story high rise) |
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| Lizard |
I love taking pictures of unusual looking trees and it seemed that almost every tree had an unusual aspect to it. Here are a few of my favorites:
Our campground ran along side of a salt water marsh which makes for a beautiful backdrop when stumbling bleary-eyed to the bathroom!
And of course, a camping trip would not be complete without...mmmm....S'mores!
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| Reece's Peanut Butter Cup Variety |
Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos. Being out in natural surroundings like this is refreshing. Judging from what I saw I’d venture to guess that it’s somewhere along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, so I wonder if you noticed any evidence of the oil spill in the gulf. I hope not.
ReplyDeleteActually, I'm on the east coast of Florida so I have not seen any of the effects of the oil spill as of yet. Honestly, I think that the Gulf Stream is pulling the oil balls out before they have a chance to settle on the eastern side.
ReplyDeleteIf my entire brain were still functioning, I should have known that Spanish moss is possibly seen as far north as at least North Carolina. My mind was only on the gulf coast.
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