Lake Manatee State Park, Bradenton, FL:  Another warm, sultry day today.  Lots of clouds though.  We headed out for some breakfast and then drove north on I-75 one exit to the Gamble Plantation and mansion.  It was the largest sugarcane plantation in the area in its day.  Unfortunately, it is closed for tours on Mondays and Tuesdays.  But we walked around the grounds anyway.  We’ll go back on the weekend.  Stopped at Publix on our way home and bought all the stuff we need for our Thanksgiving dinner.  Sat outside reading for a while and we had another tortoise come through our site.  Went for a walk down by the lake after lunch. Didn’t take long to get all sweated up.  84 today. 

Gamble Plantation

Gamble Plantation

Another tortoise visited our site
(picture by Mike)
I've been told that wherever there are tortoises, there are rattlesnakes who like to hang out in the tortoise dens