Everglades National Park: Another beautiful morning. After our showers we filled up the water tank and then put the hose away. Late morning we headed out to hike the Christian Point trail. We stopped at Mahogany Hammock and our friends from Illinois were there. We wanted to check out the owl chicks, but they weren’t in the huge mahogany tree any more. Heard them on the other side of the hammock but couldn’t see them. Continued on our way and parked at the Christian Point trailhead, which is almost to Flamingo. I put on my hiking boots and my snake gaiters. Started out on the trail over a little slough and on through buttonwoods, but then the trail opened up into a large open grassy area. Didn’t look too interesting and it was kind of soggy, so we went back to where we parked and decided to go up the road to the Rowdy Bend trailhead. Before we even got out of the truck, a couple stopped and warned us about the mosquitoes. So we nixed that and continued on to the Snake Bight trail. This is such a pretty little trail which follows a slough through a hardwood forest and mangroves along the slough. You’re hiking under this canopy of lush vegetation. After our hike we drove the short distance to Flamingo for some cold drinks and a snack. The Florida Bay cruise boat was about to leave in half an hour, so we decided to go on that. Florida Bay is very shallow—average depth 4 feet. You could literally walk across Florida Bay to the Keys. Out on the bay it was really windy and cool. Thankfully the captain told us to be sure and bring a sweatshirt or jacket. During the cruise he gave a very interesting narrative about the Everglades and its importance to the area. It’s the only thing like it in the world—the river of grass--40 miles wide and 6 inches deep. After the cruise we headed to Homestead to fuel up and have some dinner. Stopped at a Mexican restaurant which wasn’t that great. Back home. We discovered that Daylight Savings Time started on Saturday. We had no clue. Changed all the clocks. Think it hit the upper 70s today.
Slough along the snake bight trail
On the very pretty snake bight trail
Starting out on the Christain Point trail--in my snake gaiters
New key in the making--Florida Bay
Keys on Florida Bay
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