Swampy and friends celebrate National Wildlife Day! Our state has a wide array of wildlife across the state. Wildlife on land, in air and in the sea. Hope you and yours get out to view and celebrate the critters of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Outdoors
Swampy, Zuber and Trilby celebrate Skycraper Day amongst our state’s greatest skyscrapers, the cypress trees. Floria is home to the largest amount of giant trees of different varieties in the country. The cypress tree is certainly one of the grandest.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby, Zuber & Alva celebrate Eat Outside Day by celebrating National Trail Mix Day. The trio takes a healthy hike along Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park, west of Pensacola. Carting a load of trail mix gives the merry band an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A photo I took along the Withlacoochee Trail heading towards the Withlacoochee River.
Swampy along the arms of the stately oak that greats visitors to the Ridge Manor Trailhead of the Withlacoochee hiking trail! A hike from this point gets you about 1.2 miles later to the Withlacoochee River. The trail continues both[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the pier in Jacksonville Beach in 1998.This photo is by John F. Cooper for the coffee table book of Jacksonville, ‘Jacksonville – Reflections of Excellence’ byDeborah Gianoulis and Lawrence Smith. You can purchase a copy of ‘Jacksonville – Reflections[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visited the Dunnellon Bridge that opened today to connect a paved right-of-way for people to travel on to get to the hiking trail of the Cross Florida Greenway. There was a grand opening ceremony that many from Marion County,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘ Everglades: The Story Behind the Scenery’ by Jack De Golia. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
This photo is from ‘Florida’ by Bern Keating. You can get your copy of this 1972 photo journal of Florida by clicking here or below.
This photo is from ‘Florida’ by Bern Keating.You can get your copy of this 1972 photo journal of Florida by clicking here or below.
This area has certainly changed since the image of this unmailed postcard was taken. this is the lighthouse at Ponce Inlet, just south of Daytona Beach. The trees have been cleared for more parking and a couple of buildings would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Travels: Along the Silver River…
A short set of photos I took last week of the Silver River by Silver Springs This is where the Jungle Cruise launch was. Also known as the Sea Hunt TV series set was. As i took photos a guy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…