Here’s a view of the McArthur Dairy pasture land in Okeechobee County just north of the city of Okeechobee. This view is not unlike what the pioneers viewed of the area in the 1800s. McArthur Dairy began in 1929 by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Outdoors
Swampy’s Florida Outdoors Everyday: Ponce de Leon Park, Punta Gorda. This taken during a trip to Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda. You can plan a trip to Ponce de Leon Park by clicking here: https://www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/visitors/ponce-de-leon-park .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: View of the Ocklawaha via Steamboat, 1911.
This postcard, on the mail side is labelled: ‘Home of the “Gator.” Ocklawaha River, Fla.’ The description continues, ‘The tourists on the Hart Line steamers [steamboat] watch for the “gator” in his native home, every now and then the cry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This taken during a trip to Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda. You can plan a trip to Ponce de Leon Park by clicking here: https://www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/visitors/ponce-de-leon-park . . . . . . . #Hike #Hiking #Florida #FloridaHike #FloridaHiking #HikeFlorida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This taken during a hike through the Big Cypress Preserve from Clyde Butcher’s Photography Gallery in 2008. You can plan a trip and hike in the Big Cypress Preserve by clicking here: https://www.nps.gov/bicy/index.htm . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are out there, not far from our shores. The sponges are not all that numerous. There is still farming of sponges by various businesses. Yet, a bit of scuba diving of Biscayne Bay might have you encounter such a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sight of the Suwannee River from Fort Fanning Historical Park, right off US19. This is 30 miles east of where the river streams into the Gulf of Mexico. 3 miles northeast of here along the river is where a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That’s the Suwannee River streaming past the former site of Fort Fanning. The fort was built during the second Seminole Indian War. The original fort name was Palmetto before the death of Colonel Alexander Campbell Wilder Fannin during the Semniole[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can plan to hike Gar Pond Trail by clicking here: https://www.mysuwanneeriver.com/162/White-Springs-Little-Shoals-Gar-Pond . . . . . . . #Hike #Hiking #Florida #FloridaHike #FloridaHiking #HikeFlorida #Outdoors #Nature #FloridaNature #FloridaTrail #FloridaOutdoors #Environment #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle
You can plan to hike Gar Pond Trail by clicking here: https://www.mysuwanneeriver.com/162/White-Springs-Little-Shoals-Gar-Pond . . . . . . . #Hike #Hiking #Florida #FloridaHike #FloridaHiking #HikeFlorida #Outdoors #Nature #FloridaNature #FloridaTrail #FloridaOutdoors #Environment #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle