Florida Spring Training 2018 - Day 35

We drove down to to St. Petersburg today to visit another nature preserve.  This one is the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve around a lake near the bottom of Tampa Bay. The preserve is around Lake Maggiore, a fresh water lake that was once part of the bay but was dammed in the 1930's to form a fresh water lake for fishing.  Over the years it fell into disrepair until it was restored by the state and the City of St. Petersburg as a wildlife and ecological nature preserve. It is now an important educational center for children, provides habitat for a variety of birds and wildlife and has over 5 miles of hiking and nature trails.  Kayaking and canoeing on the lake and marshes are also offered.

After we arrived, we went on a scheduled "Alligator Walk".  A park nature guide talked about alligators and we took a short hike into the preserve where we saw several alligators as well as  a variety of birds.  It was a great visit and worth the drive.

Pictures - Boyd Hill Nature Preserve

On the way back, we decided to go to the Safety Harbor Seafood festival again for an early dinner.  Once again, we had an excellent dinner while enjoying the area and listening to a Reggae band.

Pictures - Safety Harbor Seafood Festival

No baseball tomorrow.  It will be a "stay at home day" at the RV, time to do laundry, get caught-up on some more paperwork and maybe even get started on our taxes.  It looks like it is going to be another cool week ahead but no rain is forecast.