Southwest Florida

End of the CREW Marsh hike

April 21, 2012

End of the CREW Marsh hike, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. What an awesome place! I am coming back soon, for sure. I hope to learn more and more by just going out on guided hikes over and over. Repetition, repetition, repetition!

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Close to the end of the hike

April 21, 2012

Close to the end of the hike, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. I really need to come back here sometime. It went too fast! And there’s so much to see and learn.

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A moss forest

April 21, 2012

A moss forest, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. It’s a tiny little world in there – and I bet we’d be amazed at the life we can’t see with an eye or a camera!

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Plenty of hidey-holes

April 21, 2012

Plenty of hidey-holes, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. Old dead trees play host to all manner of plant and animal life. In nature, nothing is wasted.

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Lichen on a tree

April 21, 2012

Lichen on a tree, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. It looks like lettuce, but it’s really the perfect marriage between algae and fungus.

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Gator warning

April 21, 2012

Gator warning, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. Not twenty feet from this sign is a group of picnic benches. I guess the gators have to eat somewhere!

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The buffalo tree

April 21, 2012

The buffalo tree, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. This live oak is probably a couple hundred years old. It looks like a buffalo head is emerging from its trunk.

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