A photo essay, by Joshua Neves
The small natural garden near the ticket booth at the Meadows Center, around midday. 
Spring Lake hall at The Meadows Center, captured in the afternoon light. 
Sydni Brault getting prepared and excited to take a Glass-Bottom Boat ride. 
The pathway to the boat dock, with a pecan tree in the left of the image. 
The headwaters of Spring Lake, complete with Old Main in the background 
An empty seat on a Glass-Bottom Boat tour with the Spring Lake shoreline in the background 
The old abandoned observation deck at Spring lake. 
A photo of the crystal clear waters of Spring Lake taken at 2:45. 
A photo of some turtles sunbathing in the afternoon gleam. 
That’s not smudges in the lens, those are bugs on the water at Spring Lake 
A Yellow-crowned Night heron on the shoreline of Spring Lake. 
Two vultures climbing convection currents near Spring Lake.
