Myakka State Park

Sarasota, FL

We were slow to get up and getting around as it was an exhausting day yesterday.  Once we finally were awake the sun was out and temps were warming up nicely.  We went to meet Heidi and Peter at the campsite. 

were exploring Myakka State Park .. first was a walk thru the woods.
 
Isn’t this a beautiful trail?  I am so fascinated with the palmetto trees

Oh my the hanging bridge is within site and they are expecting me to go up there?  UMMMM
 
Well here is the hanging bride and it’s longggg .. a couple of times it started to sway and i back off .. finally i braved the courage and made it across.

After i made it across the bridge i headed back down .. hubby, Heidi and Peter headed up the rest of the way .. no way was i going up there. 
 
the view is beautiful up there .. Of course hubby took these pictures while i was safely on the ground
       
Wow 76.1 feet in the air .. so glad i didn’t go any farther
 
  
Here are our friends Peter and Heidi .. we are having a blast with them .. It’s been way to long since we’ve seen them
 
After touring the canopy walk we headed to the Marsh to look for gators.
 
we saw lots of birds ..
 
We enjoyed walking out on the board walk but birds were all we saw there.
 

On our way back to our camper we came to  a bridge and behold we finally got to see some gators!  Here is a big boy sun bathing
    
This is a river here in Florida .. it’s more like a creek compared to Illinois Rivers and creeks.

These signs are out with the warnings

We grilled out and had a nice dinner with Peter and Heidi and we enjoyed a campfire.  After a late night we headed home to get ready for bed time.  It’s been a wonderful, yet exhausting day.