Our morning walk was along the one trail adjacent to the camping area at Collier-Seminole State Park. It passes through a "hardwood hammock" area with many royal palms which are fairly rare. Mostly it was quite jungle-like! The trail took you to an observation platform looking out over a salt marsh where we were able to watch quite a few ibises. Ranger seemed to find lots of interesting things to sniff.
We later unplugged and took a day trip into Naples. We visited the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve where they had a nice display of critters that live in the mud. This picture of the display with parchment worm is for you, Kelly! We also walked around the trails there which were supposed to be a good location for bird-watching; however we saw only a few hawks. From there, we drove around Marco Island, which seems to have much high-dollar real estate---big houses on canals with large boats parked behind them. The afternoon ended with some relaxation and reading around the campsite.
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