The boardwalk circles through the swamp making about a 2 mile loop. We got a walking tour book to look at as we went. The information in the book was interesting, but didn't really correspond to things we saw along the way. Afterward I wished I'd kept my nose out of the book for the first part of the walk.
At the far end of the walk, the boardwalk led to a lake. A very small lake. And there was a 2 story overlook there. The view from the top was really nice. The reflection of the trees in the water was only disturbed by a few turtle heads here and there. I was really hoping to see a snake or an alligator. No luck.
One place in the boardwalk had about 5 steps that led down to a huge tree. The tree was hollow and big enough for me to crouch in. Here's the view.
Sean would have fit if he'd wanted to. That's how big it was. Not the biggest tree we saw, but impressive and pretty neat from the inside.I learned along the way that a swamp doesn't have to be covered in water all the time for it to be a swamp. And that a swamp is a flooded forest while a marsh is a flooded grassland. I'm not sure why I thought that tidbit of information was especially interesting. I guess I never really thought about either's definition.
Most of the plantlife we saw was green. So that red flower popped out at me. We also listened to some strange sounds coming from crows in a tree and saw a juvenile egret and a very tame or sedated deer. The deer just lay in the leaves and watched us watch him.I'm not sure how the kids would have liked the walk. It was very quiet - just a few other people out and about and all of them were very quiet, watching and listening for wildlife. I know the kids would have wanted to run... I wanted to myself. But maybe they would have thought it a fun adventure anyway. It's definitely a neat place.
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