Gold Head Branch

I went to Gold Head Branch State Park. We hiked down to the steephead ravine and around Sheelar Lake. We saw many interesting plants like needle palm, lichens, and sundews. This is me sitting on a log over the stream.

This is a needle palm. They only live in ravines where it is warm and moist.

This is Sheelar Lake, one of the most beautiful lakes I've ever seen.


These are cool mushrooms on a log. They eat dead wood.


Dead logs are so full of life. This one has lichens. Lichens are fungus and green algae living together.

This beautiful forest creature is my mom in the saw palmettos.


Looking up from the bottom of the ravine.

These are sundews, living in the seeps on the edge of Sheelar lake. They eat insects that get stuck to their shiny leafs. Wet soils are low in nutrients, so they eat insects to stay healthy.

Payne's Prairie

I went to Payne's Prairie and saw many interesting animals. Like alligators, deer, egrets, and many other things. The alligators were sunning on the bank. On my way to the look out tower I saw two alligators asleep on the bank of the river with a deer right behind them! I do not think the deer noticed them, but it turned around and went away.

I also saw a very beautiful American egret. It's feathers look exactly like fur. Here is a picture.

Payne's Prairie is so much fun. Perhaps you can go there some time.