Ocala National Forest

The last four days without my computer has shown me how lost I am without it. I no longer search dictionaries or encyclopedias; my news is read online. 'Phone numbers are found and yellow pages searched on the screen. I wandered around the empty space that used to house my pc, twitching slightly. So, this afternoon, I took myself out to the Forest with my camera.

Not a lot to be seen, except forest, so this is what you get today. Thanks to my new computer guy, who returned it working mode late this afternoon.
Established in 1908 as one of the first National Forests east of the Mississippi River, the Ocala National Forest protects many significant archaeological, historic, geological, and botanical wonders. It is centered on high, dry, central scrub ridges, which are islands left when the seas receded 10 million years ago. The Ocala Forest is known for having over 600 natural lakes and ponds. The forest is riddled with slow-moving rivers and wet "prairies". They are sunny, shallow expanses of water, usually ringed by cypress trees and filled water lilies and other with aquatic plants. Between the river boundaries of this Forest lie central highlands, coastal lowlands, swamps, springs and hundreds of lakes and ponds.