Wednesday, October 14 – We headed two miles down the road from the W.P. Franklin COE campground in Fort Myers, Florida, this morning for a hike in the Caloosahatchee Regional Park.
There are 5-loop trails available ranging from 1.2 miles to .7 miles in length. Unfortunately, a couple of the trails were flooded. We combined several trails together to get a hike of 3.3 miles. We sprayed ourselves up. We weren’t sure if we would run into those pesky mosquitoes or not.
Lots of variation on these trails.
Whoa…turn around.
Resting place OR blood donation. No thank you.
It's been in the 90's here in Florida so we finished the hike soon after 10 a.m. before it got too hot. We returned to the campground to hangout and relax. When we drove into the campground we talked to the game warden working the gate about a possible eagle Marsha thought she saw. Sure enough there is a pair of eagles living in a nearby tree. How neat it that?
Later in the afternoon we were again visited by the manatee Paul saw yesterday. It brought two friends with him for a total of three manatees. It was so wonderful that Marsha was able to see them today. If you'll recall, the first day Paul saw these beauties, Marsha was doing the laundry.
Huge tails.
They can really eat.
So it was another great day here at the COE campground.
Bella on the look out. The End.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
Would be nice to see some of that 90 degree again , hopefully in the next couple weeks.
ReplyDeleteHow totally cool were the manatee!! And to have three come and eat right by you. Wow!! Very neat! I love watching the manatee. Lucky you two:)
ReplyDeleteLove the caption for the bench!! So true!
And a pair of bald eagles! You are certainly having a wonder wildlife visit:)
Luckily Manatee are vegetarians but they eat up to a tenth of their weight each day. Imagine inviting a bunch of them over for a salad.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
There is an eagles nest on Prichett real estate property in Ft Myers that has 3 cameras on it 24/7. We visited it when we were there. The original eagle couple were named Ozzie and Harriet, but Ozzie died last month, and Harriet has a new mate.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be interested in sitting on that bench either without a full body cover AND lots of deet!
ReplyDeleteI love the eagles and the manatee. What fun things to see right in your backyard.
Bella one of the best 'The End' we have seen.
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