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| Irrigating just outside of Florida city |
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| Squirted all over road...and my car |
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| Powerful sprayer |
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| Lots of water used |
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| Interesting...goes to Palm Beach |
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| Typical Everglades..except lake not natural.. |
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| Gators and birds live harmoniously...until someone gets hungry. |
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| Sharing ...soil soppy for thousands of acres |
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| And don't forget the pythons! |
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| Gator nose sticking out |
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| Try to imagine slogging through this sawgrass...slicing uncovered limbs ..not to mention snakes, alligators, mosquitoes and other assorted vermin...and hundreds of explorers and soldiers did it. |
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| Lots to learn here...must go back to get more...can't absorb or see it all in one afternoon. |
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| At the southern end of road through 'Glades..camping, fishing, boating and canoeing....great place for the outdoorsman...not me, thank you unless fully furnished camper. |
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| Look close and you can see the Ospreys |
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| Lots of rugged campers..primitive.. I think they're called..other sites nearby... and camper hookups as well. |
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| Ospreys from a distance |
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| Spoon Billed something...ACB's job to look up |
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| Place thick with small white butterflies. |
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| You had to want to be here... not "just down the road". |
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| Can see the rain coming from the south....didn't catch us until on the way back to the apartment |
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| From visitors center |
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| From visitors center, again. |
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| For your information |
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| Paurotis Palm and yours truly at visitors center |
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| Overall view |
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| Gas and suupplies |
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| Vultures are found in many visitor areas of Everglades National Park. For unknown reasons, many are attracted to the rubber around windshields, sun roofs, and windshield wipers...now you know |
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| Highest spot we saw in middle of park |
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| 25 percent lower |
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| Sun fading west over Everglades |
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| Need a job at Dade County Prison...looks like all bad guys in county should already be here. |
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| Just another example of the beauty and thickness of foliage throughout the 'Glades |
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| Land and water presented in ways I had never seen until this trip..though also can be seen somewhat on west coast near Everglade City... the park just showcases it better. |
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| Air plants..not the green.... the gray... tree covered. |
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| Red air plants |
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| More examples of the beauty and density of plant life. |
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| This is where Annette got her phone to "ping" showing our location. |
Sunday March 8 2015....spent part of day here very informative...lots to see and learn
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| Display out front..Mom's a butterfly lover |
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| Information |
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| Mangrove tree display showing how root search for nutrition...can be seen in other pics in the wild....makes extremely dense along water. |
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| You can see approximation of our apt from the tower at the center |
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| Mangroves searching for food and expanding |
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| Looking across to other viewing area...on same walkway |
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| Annette and I walk here frequently...board walk goes to just the left of condos |
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| Bridge across intercoastal to right |
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| Our location just south of the very far buildings to far left |
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| Said that the sound louder than a jet...though just instantaneously. |
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| This is what the boaters see |
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| More info |
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| Saw how a drawbridge worked...like fat boy on a teeter totter. |
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| Fat boy on teeter totter on left bottom..makes sense when down underneath. |
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| Entrance...another good day in south Florida.. and she didn't see the beach |
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