Bon il faut dire que mon homme est rarement hors du lit avant 10h30 lorsqu'il est en vacances, et que je refuse d'aller sur la plage aux heures les plus chaudes.
Du coup pour notre premier jour sur place nous sommes alles dans un State Park (Parc d'Etat). Le moto des parcs de Floride c'est "La Vrai Floride", et c'est assez vrai car ce sont des zones protegées et non couvertes de béton, piscines, orangeries ou autre. En general il faut payer une petite somme par voiture. Dans le cas de Jonathan Dickinson c'etait $6, ce qui reste raisonnable. Il s'agit du Parc ou l'on nous avait annoncé que la ballade prennait 1h30.
Les paysages etaient completement different de ce qu'on voit de la Floride et des cartes postales. Pas de plages au sable blanc, ni de grand marais d'ailleurs. C'etait une foret avec peu d'ombre, des grands pins sur un sol sableux.
Le sol par contre est couvert d'une vegetation assez dense et entre autre des Saw Palmetto (Palmetto Scie) qui sont tranchant mais font aussi un drole de bruit quand les feuilles se touchent avec la brise. Je n'imagine pas devoir passer au travers.
The ground however is covered by a fairly dense vegetation including Saw Palmettos which are sharp but aldo do this weird sound when the leaves touch with the breeze. I can't imagine having to walk through it.
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There were a few pretty flowers as well.
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The vegetation had more variety by the river.
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There are many Bald Cyprus in the swamps and humid habitats of the South-East, they can be recognized by their "cyprus knees", roots up in the air like small mounds.
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The plant below was quite interesting for me, it's the first time I see it in its natural habitat. Indeed we usually see those on windows here, attached to tiny containers, the plant seems to need little soil and this one was quite large.
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The most interesting thing in this heat was the fauna. The biggest surprise being an armadillo. First of all I didn't even know they lived in Florida, I knew for Texas (road kills), but in the South of Florida? To top it all it was a baby.
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It looks cute like that, but we heard that they do a lot of damage as they dig tunnels close to the ground level, causing damage to the plants (trees falling for lack of support, etc).
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We also saw several big multicolor grasshoppers.
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A lot of dragonflies.
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Nous avons aussi vu les yeux d'un alligator (le seul durant notre visite), mais il fut un peu trop rapide pour que je puisse prendre une photo.
Some tiny frogs (it's hiding under the pine needle). The interesting thing being that we didn't see them by the water. However it allows you to take a look at the sandy ground.
We also saw the eyes of a gator (the only one during our trip), but it was too fast for me to take a picture.
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We went by a larger river, a lot of people canoe it down to the former campsite of a trapper known in the area.
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We ended the hike with the 10 minute hike that really lasts 3 to the natural summit of the park. You have to walk on the deck to protect the rare vegetation of that section.
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The view from the top was worth the detour. On one side the park and its dry look (besides the humidity).
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On the other side the intercostal, the ocean and in betweent he worl of humans.
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We got hot, but I barely got a sunburn... And frankly it was much better than the beach.
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The park offers quite a lot of activities: camping more or less primitive, bicycle lanes, water sports, boating trips, trails, etc.
Pour plus d'informations/ For more information: Jonathan Dickinson State Park