Friday, February 21, 2014

Last Day's at Florida Caverns State Park

During our last week here at Florida Caverns we had the chance to take a trail walk and check out Gulf Island National Seashore.  The Rangers here took us to lunch today, Thanks guys, we will miss ya.  Leaving here Monday (and now all the flowers are blooming and temperature is in the high 70's) to head for Stephen Foster SP for 4 days, then to O'leno SP for 2 days.  We will be spending the month of March on VACATION at Williston Crossing RV Resort, we haven't taken this much time off in 2 years.

Wild Violet on trail by Cavern.

Bloodroot on the trail.

Plaque at cavern entrance.

Top of the stair way going into the cavern.

In the Wedding room.

The 80 foot cave tunnel on the Bluff Trail.

Neat soda straw stalagmite in the forbidden passage. 

A pair of Pileated woodpeckers out our kitchen window.

Wake Robin Trillium on one of the trails.

The Visitors Center at Gulf Island National Seashore.  We went here to see about a gig but they do not have RV pads for VIP's.

The South American room rimstone pool.

A 32#er at Fork Pickens.  It was a Northern held Sea Fort during the Civil War.

Black powder storage room.

Cool fungus on tree by the Bluehole.

What an opening.

Wedding Room.

A view from the Terraplain at Pickens to show how water was collected for the Fort.

The Duck in the Fracture Room.

Wow!  A 300#er on top of Fort Pickens.

End of the Fort where a Black Powder room blew up.

Beach area at Pensacola.

Lighthouse by Fort Barancus (a Southern held Fort) across from Fort Pickens.

Beautiful water at this area of Florida.

A wet formation with Laser light.

Beach at Pensacola with Nesting Plovers. 

Beach at Pensacola. 

Eastern Pipestrelle Bat.

Space suit at Rest stop on Hwy 231.

These are at all the rest stops in Florida.