Archive for Florida Outdoors
Swampy #Florida Live: … Quiet along the Suwannee River too!
Soon to visit the bumper of your car – It’s the Lovebugs! Live and in concert amongst the goldenrod in Ocala! this small field of goldenrod is loaded with flying creatures from the lovebugs to wasps, bees and butterflies. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy took a new trail in Pine Lake Park in very west Lake County today. The main trail is just over a mile long. I’ll be placing a more involved post on my this site in the next few weeks.
This photo was taken by Patty Register along Fisheating Creek in Glades County. Patty and her husband Allen Register own Gatorama along US27 in Palmdale and run Fisheating Creek Outpost that provides access to Fisheating Creek.
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Rainbow Springs
The submarine looking boat was actually a glass bottom boat that once roamed the Rainbow River from Rainbow Springs years ago.
Swampy found the unmarked, unpacked hiking trail in the park. Here are photos of both trails and more scenes from along the trail. May have found a scene for a Swampy painting.
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Hillsborough River State Park
Here’s a postcard of Hillsborough River State Park that’s postmarked 1967 and sent to Westlake, Ohio by a Owen Richart. He writes something that’s hard to read about wind in Ocala and a trip to Juniper Springs.
Swampy’s Friend’s Photos: Today on the Wakulla River
Swampy’s friend Susan Green is at the Wakulla Springs Lodge and took this photo of the tour boat taking off into the river for one of it’s fantastic trips earlier today. She and her husband were fortunate to take the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Getting an Easter feast? These hunters have caught a few turkeys after a day’s hunt in the Melbourne area around 1900. This photo is from ‘Our Florida Heritage’, a collection of reprints from Florida Living magazine.
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Ferry on the Ocklawaha River.
It’s the Grahamville ready to take passengers across the Ocklwaha River. The community of Grahamville is now gone from signs and maps. The area is along the Ocklawaha River and Salt Springs Highway in Marion County northeast of Silver Springs.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcards: Rainbow Springs near Dunellon.
Here’s a postcard showing the Rainbow Queen which took folks out from the park itself out along the Rainbow River to see the natural sites. Rainbow Springs is the site this year for the Marion County Springs Festival that Swampy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…