So on the second leg of our adventure we decided to stick a little closer to home, and better yet, to include Olive! Like I said previously, we have lived here for a while, but there are still many places we have left untouched! Slowly though, I am hoping to unturn each local stone, or at least many of them. On this particular day it was unseasonably cool and comfortable so I knew we had to do something outdoorsy and adventurous! We, I, realized that one place we hadn't gone to but had been wanting to check out had great potential for our day; so we headed out!
It was a beautiful day for a "hike" in the woods of Florida! We decided to check out the local park that had great hiking and biking trails, as well as one of the countries first forts. Sadly, we didn't see much wildlife, the typical squirrels, and a few birds, but no alligators even though there were warning signs along the paths to look out for them! We did, however, see a spider making it's web :
Can you see it in the foreground?
Olive really enjoyed being with us and smelling all the news smells and hearing the chatter of the forest. She even tried her hand..paw?..at stalking some prey!
The great hunter
Trail hound
We even saw some old ruins from when the fort was active and before the light house was created.
Was once an oil house
An oil house is a place that, taadaa, they held oil for the beacons to help guide the ships around the coast of the island. On the placard they said it was typical to find only the remains of the oil houses and no signs of the beacon because the beacons were made of wood, where as the oil houses were made of bricks. They were also kept far away to prevent the spread of fire in case of an explosion.
All in all we had a great time!
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