Myakka River SP, FL

It's easy to see Florida as only beaches and people and retirement developments and shopping malls if you don't get away from the coast. I drove west across the state through farm lands and horse ranches. The state park is only eight miles inland from Sarasota but another world. It is a forest and wild place filled with wildlife. 58 square acres of wetland prairies, hammocks, and pinelands. In the short time I was there here is a list: to many birds I don't know the name of but including two bald eagles, a family of wild pigs, vultures like crows in the trees, I can hear owls and other crazy bird noises at night, turtles, deer, and alligators!

They have a canopy walk that's 25 feet above ground and 100 feet long through the trees with 75 foot tower climb at one end.

Some pictures of the sights. I barely scratched the surface.