We went for a nature hike near our home called Devil's Millhopper.We walked along a wooded trail and down into a deep geological sinkhole that is filled with fossilized remains of ancient creatures and trickling streams.
It is exciting to explore the unique vegetation and animal species that are native to this climate.Sometimes it feels like we live in a different time....Jurassic Park!
Gainesville's climate is defined as humid subtropical. Temperatures range from an average high of 80 degrees in the summer, 70 in the winter. It rarely freezes. There are frequent downpours in the summer that usually only last for a few minutes and its rarely overcast.
On this particular day, it was record breaking heat of almost 100 degrees. Even the native Floridians were complaining. Obviously that didn't deter us as we went on this hike in the middle of the day....although I have a renewed appreciation for air conditioning.
We are excited to enjoy the sunny outdoors all year.
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John's sister lives in Gainesville, and when we visited in January it was really warm. Of course, Houston is wretched this time of year. We are hitting high 90's every day, and with the humidity, I'm tempted to just run away. You know it's bad when the low temperature is 80 degrees for 4months straight.
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