Kolomoki Mounds State Park
Friday, April 7 2023 HOT is the official word for today!!! Actually HOT has been the word for a couple of weeks now, along with HUMIDITY – UGH. I know I know, never happy, either it’s to hot or to cold. She seems to think that complaining is all I do, well she’s wrong! I take naps tooooo.
This morning after catching up on the laundry made our way to the Kolomoki Mounds State Park, the Visitors Center and museum are built over a partially excavated mound. From what I remember all the artifacts came from the excavated mound. This was a very nice display for we always wondered what the insides of a mound looked like or contained.
The large pile of rocks pictured all came from within the mound.
More below of course
The trail is really about a mile and 1/2 loop, but with it being so HOT, we only walked out and to the top of the big mound, that was enough for this lazy bum.
They think the mound is around 700 years old and is now about 56ft high but was probably much taller, the foot of the mound is roughly 325 x 200 feet and would have taken over 2 million basket loads of dirt. IF you think that’s a lot of dirt, that’s only the 4th largest mound in eastern North America.
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