Biking and Picture Taking

Was supposed to be a nice sunny day - but. Overcast and sprinkling to hard rain off and on all day. That didn't deter us. We packed up the bikes and headed for the Lower Suwannee Birding Trail that goes for miles and miles along the Gulf. Found it - but could not figure where to park the truck. And Cleveland's metro park system for biking should be a role model for everyone else. This trail was a dirt packed, although very scenic, path that lead to forever. I ended up driving us down this dirt road for about 10 miles, found an area to turn around and headed back.

It was scenic - this is an area where they do control burns of the forest to keep out unwanted vegetation and diseases of plants. Could smell the burn. We think they did this particular burn not long ago. Would like to see how they do it and how do they control it so it doesn't get out of hand?


Back tracked into Old Town where there is an old railroad track that they have paved over and is now a trail that goes for over 40 miles. We finally got the bikes out and road we think about 4 miles one way, crossing over the Suwannee River at one point. We stopped on the bridge of the river and there were 3 young women there who told us when the water is low you can see a sunken paddle boat there. Try as hard as we could to see it - no luck. We found out when we were at the campsite that the two ponds right near here have alligators in them. No wonder there is a sign to keep your pets close and on a leash and that children can not run free without supervision! Hopefully tomorrow or Saturday we'll try to find these buggers and get some pictures.