A Few Favorites From Six Mile Cypress Slough

More From the Slough

In the Slough

There always seems to be something moving in the swamp and generally it's something you can't see.  It creates a delicious kind of fear which would not be fun at all if not for the boardwalk and other visitors.  (I am NOT a Haunted House fan.)  I've been thinking a lot about my early experiences with wilderness which basically included being told to stay out of the woods to avoid danger.  As well as things I saw on TV including a particularly dramatic episode of Little House on the Prairie in which the cry and flight of birds were part of a rape scene.  In fact the birds were the rape scene which was only alluded to and not actually depicted.  Now as an adult, at least in my own woods, I am more and more aware of the cause of the sounds I hear in the woods.  But lets just say that I was not aware of the source of all the sounds in these swamps.

Six Mile

We hit Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve later than we intended.  Who could blame us with the great kayak trip and all.  It was lovely (and even a bit creepy) to walk through the Preserve as the sun started to set.  These are a few bark shots from the early part of our walk.