Today was one of the most busy days in this park and as such a very busy one for all of the interpretive staff. It was the first day for Pam & I to both work the visit information side of things all day. We each have a slightly different schedule, but alternate between days. Pam began as roving interpretive ranger, followed by a "table talk" on wading birds found near the visitor center. I spent the first part of my morning as bicycle patrol to keep the many who come here to bicycle around the tour route traveling in the proper direction and answer questions. That was then followed by a shift of roving while Pam was doing her talk. After lunch, I did a "table talk" on the life and habits of alligators, while Pam was roving ranger. She then took the park van out to the observation tower at the far end of our area to act as on site interpreter and I became the roving one. We had a very busy day with very heavy visitor traffic, but it was also fun and passed quickly.

Notice the great blue heron that posed with us, sitting on the rail about 20 or 30 feet behind us.