The Everglades
This is an exotic place for a number of reasons. One that always grabs me is that it is a river. The river is 100 miles long, 50 miles wide and 6 inches deep.It flows south from Lake Okeechobee at a rate of 100 hundred feet per day.
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| A river of grass spotted with hummocks and piney woods. It is also loaded with exotic animals. Gators, Wood Storks, Crocs, Bears, Panther, and Bugs. It is on the southern flyway and migratory birds flock there on their way south to winter. The most numerous and easiest to find wildlife is the mosquito. |
| This is the largest wilderness park east of the Mississippi, 1.5 million acres. There is a road south from Homestead, Fla. to Flamingo. But this is not a drive thru park. The Wilderness Waterway from Flamingo on Florida Bay north to Everglades City on the gulf coast, is the way to get into the Park. The park stretches out into the gulf waters and encompasses the Thousand Islands. Which adds another dimension to the park, with keys (islands) that are inhabitat by the above mentioned Crocs. There is also the usual back country trails and campsites. I would guess that there are more than enough mosquitos already in residence, so that your backcountry trip would be a one of a kind experience. In recent years there has been a concerted effort to reclaim land, change diversion projects and again allow the river to flow. The Everglades are another example of The National Park Service protecting a natural treasure; that exsists no where else in the world. Right here is where you can learn more about this one of a kind park. |
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