This afternoon we took a short trip to nearby Lake Louisa State Park, peaceful and full of trees and wildlife! There’s a few areas in the park, and multiple lakes; natures trails, forested scrubland; we even saw three wild deer – too far to photograph, but clear and not much bothered by us. But the Gopher Tortoise was close enough:
At Lake Louisa, we walked on the sandy “beach” and in the water, which was a very red/brown color …
I also took some video of the Gopher Tortoise, who was quite keen to get away from us:
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