Oh, thank you, Cody. I've been to Torreya, which is beautiful, but I haven't been the nearby area called the Garden of Eden...my husband has been there though and says he'll take us one of these days

He pointed me to this web site, which specifically mentions the Garden of Eden. Thought you might like to see the page:

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/no...s/art5521.html

What sort of herps do you usually see when you go there?

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Juliane, I'm pretty sure it is the same park. It has been coined the Garden of Eden because a writer, a long time ago, came along and linked the park to several biblical passages about the Garden of Eden, or that was the story I got, I just always call it that because it's a lot more fun to say your going to the Garden of Eden then to say Torreya.

I haven't been since last spring when I went for class. I spent a lot of time in the ravines among the peat and found several caudates (dusty salamander), snakes, and inverts (mostly crawfish). The park has acted as a little 'net' for northern species that have worked their way down the rivers, it is full of endemic species of plants and some reptiles. We saw the elusive Eastern indigo as well as a rattler while walking the higher trails up to the bluff.

My husband went a summer or so ago, and wound up getting so overheated he really thought he was in life-threatening trouble (and he was all alone! ) He finally managed to get to a stream that went under a little bridge, and he just lay in the water under that bridge like a lurking troll until he felt relatively ok again. I'd have hated to have been an unsuspecting hiker going over that bridge to see feet sticking out from under it in the water!

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The great and strong man is one who bears within his character many contradictions.
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Not yet as I was driving out that way the other night dropping a friend off in the wee hours when an alligator bigger than my car was crossing the road. Seriously bigger than my car and occupying over two lanes and standing about 2.5' high. I think my car would have been totaled if I didn't see him and he would have easily walked away.

But yeah, i'm ready when you are.

What part of Tallahassee was that?

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~Juliane~

I'm jealous! The only things that wander across the road here are Deer and Skunks.

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It was out by Lake Talquinn, about half way between downtown and the Torreya park.

Wow...that's pretty cool

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Zane Neher.

The great and strong man is one who bears within his character many contradictions.
Crocodilian care.