The Big Thicket

Since I did not go anywhere special during spring break which was this past week I decided to go somewhere kind of special this weekend. So today Jennifer and I went to The Big Thicket.
(Other Big Thicket Sites here and here.)
We parked at the visitor’s center and we ate a sandwich that Jennifer had made on a table outside. We then walked inside the center and talked to a park ranger who was very helpful. He told up some history of the place and directed us to areas of the thicket that would interest us. Jennifer wanted to see the carnivorous plants.
We 1st walked the Kirby Nature Trail in the Turkey Creek Unit of the Big Thicket. It was a great walk with a variety talk trees and plants.


Jennifer being a biologist was taking pictures of all kinds of things like mushrooms, beetles and snakes.
We then went on the Sundew trail in the the Hickory Creek Savannah Unit. This is were we saw the carnivorous Yellow pitcher plant.
Here is one taken by Jennifer.

Not just one but a lot of them.

It was a nice and refreshing day.