Plein air painting from the Lower Wagonwheel Road area of Big Cypress National Preserve.  I had been out here a month earlier, before last weekend's rain, and the ground was very dry and easy for exploring.  Then this area was closed to the public for a month while the National Fire burned in Big Cypress a few miles north of here.  I was very glad when I drove out here and saw this prairie area had not burned.  The grasses were quite high, and closer to the road there had been a prescribed burn a month or so earlier which made tramping out easier.  

Very glad I wore my snake proof boots as I saw a black unidentified snake as I walked back to my car.