For my marine environment field trip I went to Estero Island’s Mantanzas Pass Preserve. I wish I could say I thoroughly enjoyed this field trip but if I did it would be a lie. While I did enjoy the beauty of the area, Mantanzas Pass was infested with blood sucking creatures who I can only assume wished me ill will. You may know these creatures as mosquitoes. Before I entered the trail a family who I assume was on vacation from Germany (due to their accents), warned me that there were too many mosquitoes to walk the trail. Being from Florida I assumed that they just were not used to a few bites. I told them I would take my chances but I came to regret that statement. I’m sure the trail would have been much more enjoyable if I had come during the winter but there were so many mosquitoes it was unbearable. I tried my best to get through the trail but after about fifty bites (no exaggeration) I could no longer continue and ran back to my car like a scared child. I did manage to take some pictures and see some of the area. One of my pictures (the one of me under the sign) summed up my experience at the Mantanzas Pass Preserve (check it out it will make you laugh once you read the sign, it was completely unintentional). I guess the thing I learned the most from this field trip is to always be prepared and bring bug repellant although I doubt it would have helped for this one. I will have to go back next time I am at the beach on Estero Island and see the wonders that nature has in store on the Mantanzas Pass Preserve trail. Hopefully history will not repeat itself the next time I go.
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