It takes a bit of ingenuity to find walks short enough not to over heat the dog and yet interesting enough to keep Cheyenne moving. The Jack Watson trail on Big Pine Key was a good choice as we hadn't been there for a while. Cheyenne stumped along the trail with a will.
Until she spotted some water and promptly flopped into it to cool off. 
She had found one of those mosquito fighting canals that they used to dog into the rock across any Key where development was proposed. into these freshwater canals they would put Gambusia fish that like to eat mosquito larvae and can also live in damp mud when the water levels drop in dry season. 
I'm not sure how effective these ditches were (they don't use them anymore that's for sure) but they are still around and very puzzling until their purpose is explained.
I saw this spider-like palm and knocked off a quick picture. It was a good walk in the woods and a reminder that we need to come back more often, especially as summer is upon us and tourists are in shorter supply than in winter. On this walk we had the place entirely to ourselves, just as we like it, we misanthropes.
Until she spotted some water and promptly flopped into it to cool off. 
She had found one of those mosquito fighting canals that they used to dog into the rock across any Key where development was proposed. into these freshwater canals they would put Gambusia fish that like to eat mosquito larvae and can also live in damp mud when the water levels drop in dry season. 
I'm not sure how effective these ditches were (they don't use them anymore that's for sure) but they are still around and very puzzling until their purpose is explained. 
I saw this spider-like palm and knocked off a quick picture. It was a good walk in the woods and a reminder that we need to come back more often, especially as summer is upon us and tourists are in shorter supply than in winter. On this walk we had the place entirely to ourselves, just as we like it, we misanthropes.
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Links, baby! Links!
Shiela Mullins (former KW mayor and owner of the Gallery on Fleming) calls them Gambuzzi fish - same church, different pew. She drew her fresh water from the lens under KW - it's too salty now, sadly.
Back soon,
Chuck on Fleming.
You are having far too much fun in Guam. You owe me a back country Sugarloaf ride.
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