Went on an adventure with my Mother in search of the Florida Scrub-Jay and the elusive Limpkin; success on the jays but skunked again on the Limpkin. Ocala National Forest is east of Ocala and has many varied habitats. We visited the scrub and then went to Alexander Spring where they charged to enter. There were no Limpkins but the spring was pretty neat looking and full of people enjoying swimming although they seemed a little lax about the lightening that was striking all around.
After we left I enjoyed two Sandhill Cranes that were hanging out on Hwy 442. There were two more on Highway 19. Then we hit a really wicked rainstorm where traffic slowed to 40 mph on Interstate 75. I was really glad the people responded to not being able to see anything, instead of blasting down the highway and causing accidents. Back to Mom’s to pack for the journey to continue.
181 miles
Monday, July 13, 2009
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