#5- Lover's Key State Park

Our third field trip was to Lover's Key State Park which is and estuary sandwiched between a beautiful gulf coast beach and the Estero Bay.  Upon arrival, we found a shady spot to go over the area with Dr. Morris for a few minutes and then we were dismissed to enjoy the beach for about two hours.  I was under the impression that we would only have about 15 minutes to check out the area after the class was done, so I was pretty happy with that.  A buddy and I walked the beach between the gazebo and the boardwalk that we came in on a couple times and had a hotdog at the food shack.  Also, I'm pretty sure I saved a mollusk's life.  I saw a pretty nice looking shell on the ground and picked it up only to find that it was still inhabited.  The slug-like creature inside wasn't really happy that he was being held so I tossed him back into the gulf.  All in all, it was a fun trip.  Going to school near a beach is pretty sweet.