Week 3 was chocked full of fun, so I'll have to write in in two parts!
Where has the time gone? We are trying to savor the sunsets, the warm weather, and the salty sweet air everyday.
Our Florida State Park Pass = Park Day, Any Day!
I love that the boys take the time to read the signs...
We found a snake skin! Luckily, we didn't see the snake...
The one trail we walked was part boardwalk, part beaten path...we enjoyed both!
With all this coastline waiting to be explored, we need to come back!!! They rent kayaks here, so we'd love to spend the day exploring while paddling...
Our next field trip - Windly Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park...
Armed with our handy dandy Trail & History Guide, we were ready to learn!
Look at my eager students...they were psyching themselves up for the hike :-)
We practiced following a map...the boys have crazy cool map reading skills...me, not so much!
We learned about Mr. Henry Flagler and the Overseas Railroad.
We explored the quarry and saw the machinery that was used to extract the fossalized coral.
We saw and felt the fossilized coral - if I am remembering correctly, there are 4 or five types of fossilized coral, including fossalized Brain Coral.
Old fashioned quarry machinery!
Our hike took us through the beautiful park where we learned about native plants and trees.
We even found a geocache on our adventure!
This just screams, "Florida"!
Massive slabs of Keystone
It was a great park to visit - we learned a lot!
Next stop- Robbie's Marina in Islamorada. We had heard that this place was unique and we weren't disappointed.
Hahaha. Its the place to be to see and feed the ginormous Tarpon.
We were so excited to get our buckets of fish and head out to feed the torpedo sized Tarpon!!!
Look out for your fingers!
These were the little guys!
Do you see the size of these suckers???
It was a feeding frenzy and I took about 1,000 pictures! It was amazing to see the fish waiting to be hand fed. We plan on going back before we leave the Keys!
Lots of cool places to pull off the road and learn about the history of the land.
Some places can only be accessed by boat!
Some can only be accessed IN THE SEA!
This week we also took a drive to Key West!
Look how excited these cute boys are :-)
We can't wait to tell you all about the rest of our Week 3 in out next blog post (which I'll write tomorrow!!!). Bodie and I are sooooooo sleepy....all this adventuring wears us out :-)
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