Lazy Sunday Critters Around the Campground

We've spent the week pretty much just hanging around the campground other than our monster trek to Carabelle, FL to pick up our mail on Tuesday. Patches and I found a few large and small critters on our daily meanderings by the brush area across from our campsite. She loved to look for "slizards" to chase, but would settle for leaping at grasshoppers as the next best thing. It was hard to keep her out of the tortoise burrows because she wanted to see where they were going deep into the earth but I'm still not sure they wouldn't have grabbed her nose and hung on!


Last Saturday was "yard sale" day here at the campground so Denny hauled out the planters we used to try to grow tomato plants a couple of years ago. I discovered this little tree frog inside and I told the lady that bought the planters that the frog was included for free. When she realized that the frog was real, she screamed and almost dropped the planter. Her friend had to carry the planter to the woods across the street and remove the little guy before the lady would touch the planter again. People are funny.


Okay, in this picture you'll find a brown anole. Can you find him?


This is the bravest of the three large gopher tortoises that have burrows nearby. He enjoys sunning himself a couple of feet from his favorite burrow.


This is where Patches discovered the little box turtle that raced to get back to its hole before Patches could catch it. Actually, Patches couldn't decide if she wanted to touch the turtle or not.


Patches stalking the large tortoise as he heads back to his lair.


A green anole that liked to sun himself on a nearby fence post.


The little box turtle first sees Patches and me and tries to hide within himself.