Highlands Hammock State Park

Today started with a pancake all-you-could eat breakfast at 8:00am, followed by a scavenger hunt from 9:15am to 11:30am. At 1:30pm we drove to Highlands Hammock State Park for a 2:30pm tram ride through the park. The tram is great because you get to see things where where the general public is forbidden, and only they tram and park rangers are allowed to go. After the tram ride, we got to walk the Alexander Blair Big Oak Trail and see the Big Oak tree.

I dare you to come any closer!

Turtles, turtles everywhere!

At more than 1000 years old, this giant Live Oak measures 36 feet around the trunk of the tree.

Florida's Natural & A Boat Ride

We went on our nature hike this morning, and found this gecko with a tasty treat in his mouth.

We have been enjoying the smell of citrus in the air the whole time we’ve been here. When we wake up in the morning or every time we walk out of a building, we smell the oranges.

So today we decided to tour Florida’s Natural headquarters in Lake Wales. Florida's Natural Growers is a cooperative of citrus growers who own their own groves in the heart of central Florida, located along US-27. They are one of the largest organizations of growers and producers, with a membership base of 12 grower associations. The entire cooperative is made up of more than 1,000 grower members who own more than 50,000 acres of citrus groves. We liked sampling all the Florida’s Natural brand juice we could drink.

Abundant sunshine and an 87 degree temperature provided an evening with perfect weather to go for a ride on our friend's boat.

We rode on three huge lakes connected by channels, starting at our RV Resort on the upper right hand part of the lake on the right.