Daily Archives: May 17, 2014
2014
05/17
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Life
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We have driven past the swamp walk many times and kept telling ourselves, someday we’d visit it. It is a short walk and has been there for 5 years now, but I guess because it is so close to home, we just keep putting it off. So, today was the day. It’s a little pocket that is not buildable and the freeway runs the other side of it.
![IMG_0219](http://fiberadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_0219-300x225.jpg)
We found these interesting flowers growing on a tree at the entrance.
![IMG_0225 swmp lookout](http://fiberadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_0225-swmp-lookout-300x225.jpg)
This is the entrance and behind me are some inexpensive homes. They probably don’t have a lot of visitors and this is a terrific view for them. This is the bird watching tower, though the birds were not cooperative and we didn’t see any.
![IMG_0231 bill looking at swamp for wildlife](http://fiberadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_0231-bill-looking-at-swamp-for-wildlife-300x225.jpg)
It really has been left in its natural state except for the boardwalk and a few trees they have planted. We saw no wild inhabitants of any kind, but did hear a few birds. I think one was a red winged blackbird who was complaining because we may have been close to her nest
![IMG_0232](http://fiberadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_0232-e1400384307563-225x300.jpg)
The grasses and trees are lush.
![IMG_0235 buttercup and cattail field](http://fiberadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_0235-buttercup-and-cattail-field-300x225.jpg)
Here is the field of invasive buttercups, but according to the sign, the cattails are winning the battle, which the sign said was very good.