This Sunday, I went "slogging" at the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. "Slogging" is an activity in which you literally walk through a swamp. I didn't get the opportunity to take pictures because of the wet environment and the fact that it was raining all day on Sunday.
The Fakahatchee Strand is a linear swamp forest, about twenty miles long by five miles wide and it runs from north to south.It is located on the west side of South Florida. It was created by years of erosion by the moving water. It is considered a canopy and it serves as a habitat that includes wet swamps, prairies, tropical hardwood hammocks and pine rock lands. Some plant species include Bald Cypress Trees, Royal Palms, many species of Orchids, and many others.
Some wildlife include the Florida Panther ( which is rarely seen), White-tailed Deer, Black Bears, Anacondas, Everglades Mink, Terrapins, and the Eastern Indigo Snake may be found in this area. Also many birds and wading birds live throughout the canopy.
It was an interesting experience to get to slog and it was my very first time doing so. I went with a group from a Florida Master Naturalist Program. At first I thought the experience was going to be worse and more disgusting to say the least. But it turned out that it was an enjoyable experience. Inside the canopy was beautiful and I saw many things I would have not had the opportunity to see elsewhere. The day turned out to be really fun, and even though your entire lower half gets completely soaked, I think it was worth it.
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