Myaaka

Myaaka River State Park east of Sarasota is our favorite yet. Great weather helps of course. 

Sweet campsite among the live oak and Spanish Moss, which is neither Spanish nor moss, but a nonparasitic epiphyte. 

Myaaka Lake is home to one thousand alligators, most of which we saw from aboard the Myaaka Maiden, largest airboat in existence with a passenger capacity of 62. Across the water there is her smaller sister ship, the Gator Gal.

Great Blue Heron visiting the overlook at sunset: