Last day in the Everglades, taking a bike trip

On our last day in the Everglades, we decided to take a bike ride. It was not a great idea.

Later, we came to a turn in the trail and the left side was burned and the right was not.

It is clear that there is very little soil here. The limestone shows up as soon as the leaves are burned away.

Plants are already starting to recover.

Our big problem was that the horse flies were relentless. We decided to make a quick trip back to the campground where we were not having problems with them at all.

This guy was crossing the road about 20 feet from our RV from one wooded area to another.  Yes, this is a poisonous snake! We gave it plenty of room to get off the road, but we will be even more watchful when walking around the RV.