Les and I recently discussed getting safely out of the house and taking some little drives during the day. So today was the first. I got out one of our coolers and packed us a lunch. Of course it's gray and raining today, but that did not stop us. We headed for the Dismal Swamp. We've lived here a lot of years and have never been. It's an interesting area. There are multiple entrances to the Dismal Swamp area and it took two tries to get the one we wanted so we could do the Wildlife Drive.
I was surprised by all the trees that were broken and/or blown over by obvious storm damage. It looked recent based on the raw looking wood.
It cost $5 for the drive on a packed gravel, pretty much one lane, road. The whole time we were there we were never around any other people and only saw one other car as we were leaving. The drive took us back to Lake Drummond. It was so peaceful and quiet. The rain stopped as we got there long enough for us to get out and walk on the dock.
So here are some pictures.
I will add that I saw signs warning of ticks, chiggers, venomous snakes, and bears. Since we were in the car almost all of the time and not on the hiking trail, the bugs were not an issue. The only other wildlife we saw were two cute deer and some birds.
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