In flatlands Florida a waterfall has little competition for the title of highest. Falling Waters falls 73 feet down into a sinkhole cavern. With all the rain that fell on the Florida Pandhandle prior to our visit, we suspect it would be flowing well. The sign at the ranger station confirmed that.
A closed sign blocked the boardwalk leading to the Wiregrass Trail and then back to the parking lot. We returned to the parking lot and talked to a volunteer. She told us that if we followed the road to the beach area on Turtle Lake, we could walk the Trail backwards.
Close to the falls I saw a green flash jump from the railing to a leaf. My first thought: green anole. I looked closely at the area carefully as not to cause another jump, and finally saw it was green tree frog, now hiding behind some leaves. It never moved as I took a photo. Had I not seen the movement and visually searched, I would not have seen the frog.
And yes, we did see a turtle on Turtle Lake, but just this one.
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