This past weekend, I went ot Koreshan State Park that is located right here in Estero. My boyfriend and I decided to go there to walk around for about 2 hours. It is a beautiful park with a lot of different plants and animals to see. We followed a path that had followed the Estero River. While we were walking, I observed the different kinds of plants along the river. I saw mangroves, some Cypress trees and other various plants I couldn't identify. We were also looking for American Alligators and Manatees since their main habitats are in rivers by Mangroves. We also saw a lot of bamboo as we were walking arund the path, which is a non-native plant.
The path ended up leading to an area where a lot of old, abandoned buildings. We learned that this was the headquarters where a man wanted to start a culture called Korenshanity. We reach about the place and the ideas this man had, but once he died so did this culture. But he did start a garden and there were some remnants of it there still. The picture to the left is one of the trees we saw. It is called a Monkey Puzzle Tree and had to be shipped here from Australia. As we were walking back we ended up seeing a Gopher Tortoise. They are very endangered and it was amazing to see one. He was actually hanging right outsode of his hole, which on one of the signs there explained how they can be 9 feet deep and be 15 feet long.
The path ended up leading to an area where a lot of old, abandoned buildings. We learned that this was the headquarters where a man wanted to start a culture called Korenshanity. We reach about the place and the ideas this man had, but once he died so did this culture. But he did start a garden and there were some remnants of it there still. The picture to the left is one of the trees we saw. It is called a Monkey Puzzle Tree and had to be shipped here from Australia. As we were walking back we ended up seeing a Gopher Tortoise. They are very endangered and it was amazing to see one. He was actually hanging right outsode of his hole, which on one of the signs there explained how they can be 9 feet deep and be 15 feet long. (Picture courtesy of exinem.com)
If you want a nice place to walk around in the afternoon, definately check out this park. It is absolutely beautiful and right in our backyard. But make sure to bring some bug spray!!
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