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Papa’s World – A new mulch-covered trail – pond!

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Good day everyone – in our Cameron Woods Community – the last single-family homes are almost complete –

And at the end of a cul-de-sac – on common space – a trail leading to two ponds –

one almost a small lake –

It was covered in mulch and led to the bigger pond-lake –

The other pond was sodded with grass and will be mowed.

The path to the large pond will have a bridge – this day only wooden pallets served as stepping

path to cross the ditch!

You can see the mulch path on the other house side of the ditch –

and the pallets on which you stand to cross the ditch.

All the homes you see on the other side are just being completed and some have occupants

This pond lake is the biggest of all the ponds we have.

We walked the first big pond on the other end of Cameron Woods – and came here and walked this neighborhood –

And that walk alone was just two miles!

I would say if we walked all the neighborhoods and cul-de-sacs –

we would be close to seven miles!

Including all the ponds that are walkable.

This is the view to the left after crossing over on the pallets.

The path goes to the right and leads to the far side of the water.

It continues following the pond out of sight of the water and into the woods on the far upper side.

The pond then continues through the trees at the bend of the water to the left.

The path is about 10 or 12 feet wide-

Large enough to allow maintenance trucks if needed.

Yes – we have seen small gators in here and if there are small ones –

well the mother must also be here.

Now – later in the Sring and Summer – bugs will be out –

so the spray will be used!

But on this day – the woods were full of birds singing –

and as always I am watchful for snakes in here.

Have not seen any but I am more vigilant –

They are more present in my mind than the gators in the water.

Here is the view after walking to the right and around the pond and through the woods from the left

side of the pond.

The walk was level – saw no gators or snakes!!!! LOL

We now have the ponds to walk along with the roads and cul-de-sacs!

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PAPA’S WORLD – A NEW MULCH-COVERED TRAIL AROUND ANOTHER POND!

Papa’s World – Lions – Tigers and Bears OH MY! Spiders – Snakes and Gators OH YEAH!

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Our new home and the front porch.

We knew when we moved to the South – just 8 miles to the border of S.C. in Ocean Isle Beach N.C.

That we would encounter some animals – reptiles that we had never had before!

The spiders – I just do not like – having had as a child some really scary sightings!

I later found out this was somewhat harmless – but it still gave me goose bumps!

This I think was a form of wolf spider – the second one I encountered – the first was inside the lanai!

Spiders as far as I am concerned belong outside!

The one inside was very large – and when I tried to sweep it away – the thing exploded and a hundred little spiders came out!

I managed to kill them all – but it was a Twilight Zone feeling!

I do not want those type of things inside!

If you look back at the picture of the front porch – and looking straight at it and raise your right arm and point – these next two pictures were taken less than 200 feet up the street and on the corner!

This gator I would say is about four feet long – maybe a little longer!

The man who took the picture said it continued up the hill to another pond!

There are two ponds near us – one about 10 houses down the street –

and one maybe a 1/3 mile behind our house in a undevolped site that they are working on.

We have seen a gator in both of them but never in the pond up the hill!

From where this picture is taken to the pond up the hill is like 200 or 300 yards!

Now – how it got to where this picture was taken – it had to come from behind our house-

either to the right or left!

Sherry looking through the trees to her left – that is our house.

This drainage ditch runs behind our house and turns left and follows the treeline.

When you get to the end of the drainage ditch and turn right across the lawns –

you come to the street where this picture was taken.

We saw tracks in this ditch – not sure just what they were – but they had small claws on the tips!

Last but not least is the rather large COPPERHEAD!

We have not seen any of these – but we have seen a four or five foot BLACK SNAKE!

Those are okay because they kill these bad boys.

This one was near where the Gator picture was taken.

Several neighbors have seen dead ones on the road after being run over.

There are also COTTONMOUTHS around although no one has seen them.

I am more leary of these as they are hard to spot even though I constantly am on the lookout for them.

Yes – we knew in moving to the South we would experience all of this!

But – we made our choice and are so happy we did – close to golfing and close to the beach as well

as close to all these critters! SPIDERS SNAKES and GATORS! OH YEAH!!!!

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