Twin Lake Park

First of all, I'd like to say thank you to all the veterans out there. With out you we would not have anything.

Today Veronica and I took Reese's for a walk around one of our local parks. It has a very nice bridge that walks out over the lakes, which are more like swamp.  While on the bridge we startled a flock of ibis that flew to the middle of the lake.

 Soon we came right up close to this white egret. He didn't seem to mind us at all until Reese's took a run at him.

He posed for a few pictures before jumping in with the rest of the birds. I wish I had a better picture to show the difference in size between the ibis and egret. Also the egret was a lot more snowy white. I guess the ibis were digging in the mud more.

After the bridge the path winds around to this beautiful oak canopy.The ground was covered in acorns so thick that it was hard to actually see the dirt. I'm sure the squirrels were storing them as fast as they could for the coming winter.

Part way round there is this one oak tree that forms a perfect hammock with one of it's branches to take a break in. So of course we stopped.

There are lots of palm trees here. Some were planted when the park was established but most are natural. Originally a good portion of this park was covered with palmetto bushes and the lakes were not even accessible. but now there is a great play ground.



I did a little photo editing here.

We love coming to the park and I know the dog likes it too. We always find something interesting and new.