The empty lot next to our new house has a leopard tortoise nest on it. We saw the turtle a number of times, but never had our camera close. However, we did find out the name of the tortoise is Pepe and he is well loved by our neighbors. To get good pictures of turtles we just headed down the road to Barefoot Beach which has loads of nesting Leopard Tortoises. This is a not to be missed beach. One of the highest rated in the country. Our first trip back to Barefoot we saw no fewer than 4 different turtles. Very cool.
Then to add color to our trip, we took a morning and went to Everglades Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs which is one of the last historic roadside attractions (started in 1936) still in business. It was actual saved from development recently by a non-profit and is so corny its cool. We got to see peacocks, flamingos, loads of alligators and more lizards and snakes than I care to know existed. It really was cool though.
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