We try very hard to make Sunday a family day, and when the weather is as beautiful as it was today, we spend it outside. Sometimes we go down to the Savannah River and play in the shallow rapids, or we might go to Lock and Dam and try our hand at fishing. Or sometimes we just get outside and take a walk around the neighborhood, or get a friendly game of soccer going in the backyard.
Today we decided to drive over to the local swamp to see what we could see. Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is a wetland on Augusta's south side that is used by the city's waterworks to aid in filtering waste water. It is also used in ecological education purposes for K-12 field trips as well as college level courses.But we don't think about all that when we get the family together to spend some time in the great outdoors. We don't think about all that when we are enjoying the wildlife that thrives there. What we do think about is all the different kinds of birds, snakes, frogs, turtles, and lizards we have seen, and the occasional beaver and alligator that comes out of hiding.
Take a look at what we saw today.
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| Sleeping Cotton Mouth |
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| Philip with American Anole |
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| Tree frog in Lucia's hair |
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| Turtle |
And we think about how grateful we are to have had another great Sunday together as a family!
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