Friday we headed over to Woods Bay State Park. I got another stamp in my State Parks book. The book was a gift from my sis...along with one of those fabulous free entrance passes! I've visited 20 of the 46
State Parks in our state. I want to make a new challenge to myself...I hiked to most of the waterfalls in my state, and now I want to visit every state park...maybe a great fall trip...Never more than 3 hrs from home!
Today we visited one we had never been to...Woods Bay State Park. The heat and humidity made it a little uncomfortable for sure...but we were in the deep shade most of the time.
We took Mom's wheel chair so she had a good ride around. There is a nature center it was not open! Sadly, our state parks are a fragment of what they once were...most are unmanned...except for one hour per day. They do try to keep the grounds mowed and pruned back....
The boardwalk is not long but it is nature close up. Mom was happy to be able to access the boardwalk although the approach trail was full of roots. We need a wheel chair with big fat Mountain bike wheels...
We didn't see any alligators on this day we did see this beautiful Broad Banded Water Snake...we almost didn't see him as he was still as a mouse.
My camera did a horrible job for me on this day it just does not want to focus anymore...we spotted lizards on the boardwalk, and heard frogs, and saw many dragonflies too...along with this Praying Mantis he was so well camouflaged it was hard to see him!
Some birds were around and Finally I got a good look at the Acadian Flycatcher that for some reason I could never say I had a good look at but now I can! Not a really good photo of him but I got a short video of it..
eastern painted turtle
I made it to 450 with this bird...nothing worked out last year for me to make my 500...but I'm not giving up.
(I edited the videos after uploading to Vimeo, think I can use it for my less than 1 min videos and it's a little bigger than Blogger's Video)
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
