Monday, May 5, 2008

Paines Prairie trip

My friends and I went on a road trail to the Paines Prairie reserve on US 441 some 8 miles from Gainesville,FL. Chari threw in idea, and Phani joined us. We took a bus up to Florida Works and walked from there.

The suck-up here is that RTS buses dont have room for more than 2 bicycles, and we were 3 people walking with 2 bicycles :D ( reminds you of the father, son and donkey, doesn't it?)

Good trip all in all. A few dead snakes on the way, and Phani (which incidentally means snake in Gult) was dead against photographing them. Then there were the usual gators, and we saw one ruffling up a nest and eating it's eggs while two birds watched on helplessly.

Thought I'll upload a few pics here. You'll find the whole bunch on my Picasa page soon

Phani and I at the preserve



Gator( unfortunatley still, and hence no GO GATORS!!)



Phani and Chari

You'll find the pics on my Facebook page as well/ And oh!! BTW, we're planning on biking even deeper into the preserve to see a little more wildlife. People are welcome to join us. Make sure you bring along a bicycle .

Whatever....