We are now well down the center of the Florida peninsula at this small state park. Typical of Florida State Parks, the camp sites are close together, but there are nice trees. And we need the shade as it’s in the 80’s!
Hammock is a Florida Cracker term for a shady place, and I have walked trails that are very jungly.
My favorite has been the Big Oak Trail, even though only the trunk is left of the old oak that was here.
We also walked an uplands trail with the typical Florida plant community of pine, wire grass and saw palmettos.
These areas support a lot of species, including flowers in January…
and gopher tortoises, like this one we met. Third one I’ve seen this trip, a record!
On the Roam Again 
It looks very tropical in some of the pictures! That old oak trunk is sure interesting! Do you know why they are called gopher tortoises? Do they dig burrows in the ground to live in?
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Yes they do. You can almost see that front foot is like a paddle for digging.
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I went back and took another look – it does look like a digging-paddle!
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Thanks for the pics, again. Wow, 80 degrees. When I went out to walk this morning it was 30!
Like the turtle.
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