Thursday October 20th 2016

After three active days, today was a stay at home and do errands kind of day. It was a slow morning. Between watching TV and surfing the Internet I was just finishing my morning coffee as the morning ended.

I took a walk around the campground to kick my self into a higher gear. Much of the lower area of the campground is reclaimed swamp land. To dry it out several streams and retention ponds have created. Wildlife has claimed those areas as habitat. They have bench seats with large umbrellas around the area to use to observe the wildlife. That’s exactly what I did; watch the wildlife.

A very tropical scene with five birds. Can you find the Blue Herron?

Zoomed in view of the birds. The herron is in the middle.

At one of the containment ponds I watched a ripple in the water move from the far side toward me. It was to small to be an alligator so I was betting on a water snake. It turned out to be a turtle. It would pop its head out of the water every few feet for air. When it got close, I’d estimate it was a foot and half or more long.

Turtle popping its head out of the water for air.

The turtle just below the surface of the water.

Later in the day I went out for a drive and for groceries. My drive route took me to the nearby town of Celebration. This is a planned community that was originally designed by the Disney Corporation. The center of the town is setup in a historic sort of Art Deco motif with park facilities. I wanted to stop and walk around but they were setting up for an event. Streets were blocked off and parking was scarce. So I continued on to the Publix grocery store and back to the RV for the evening.