Swampy stops and nabs a spot of orange juice and says Hello to Visit Florida’s Debbie.
Archive for Swampy’s Florida Travels
The Mize family ran turpentine stills all around Alachua County in the early 1900s until 1950. Part of their land included a cemetery which was later deeded to the Fairbanks Baptist Church, in eastern Alachua County. Ellis Mise, who died[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy with Dunnellon City Councilwoman Penny Fleeger and City Manager Eddie Esch, Sr. in front of Dunnellon City Hall. Planned out the first of two Swampy books today. Will post art in the process of the book soon.
From the Seabreeze Bridge, storms roll into Daytona Beach..
Here’s Swampy near the Inverness Courthouse steps tonight at storms rolled in to this part of Citrus County.
A view of Lake Padgett off US 41 in Land O’Lakes. Lake Padgett connects to the east with Saxon Lake. All of which has many boaters, skiers, fishermen and jet skiers busy during weekends. I was told that the southern[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For 29 years ‘Subs ‘n Such’ has held the title, “World’s Largest Soft Drink Selection” and above is only part of the selection. They are also known for their wide selection of sandwiches. The most popular is their Cuban sandwich,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Found this fellow wandering the parking lot at the Caribe Royale hotel in south Orange County in the busy tourist are. A security guard tells me that there’s a couple families of wild turkeys that live in the woods in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Sperry Fountain in Lake Eola Park in Orlando. Just beyond that you can see the iconic Lake Eola Fountain.
Stopped at Swampy’s friend, travel writer, Eva Knapp’s home in Ridge Manor and found some rain around the wilds near her home.
Did a book signing at Parker Books in Sarasota today. Parker’s Dan Christian set up a blank sheet of paper to draw on last year when there. This year got a chance to add more to the drawing. More to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the second floor overlooking the restaurant in the Terrace Hotel in Lakeland. Built in 1924, it is one if the oldest hotels in the state still in operation and still looking much as it did in the 1920s. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…