This is a photo just off the driveway to the park area that is more an urban park than what it should be. The very sparse website for this park claims a hiking trail, but I couldn’t find it. even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Outdoors
Swampy’s friend, Martha Ross took this photograph of these baby great egrets at the the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. You can plan a visit to the Alligator Farm by clicking here: https://www.alligatorfarm.com/ . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Martha Ross took this photograph of this spoonbill family mat the the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. You can plan a visit to the Alligator Farm by clicking here: Home . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I love to always point out, Florida is not flat. 🙂 You can plan a trip to Rainbow Springs State Park by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/rainbow-springs-state-park . . . . . . . #Florida #FlordiaParks #Parks #Rainbow #RainbowSprings #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Azaleas along the boardwalk at Rainbow Springs State Park. You can plan a trip to Rainbow Springs State Park by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/rainbow-springs-state-park . . . . . . . #Florida #FlordiaParks #Parks #Rainbow #RainbowSprings #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaOutdoors
You can plan a trip to Rainbow Springs State Park by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/rainbow-springs-state-park . . . . . . . #Florida #FlordiaParks #Parks #Rainbow #RainbowSprings #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaOutdoors
You can plan a trip to Rainbow Springs State Park by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/rainbow-springs-state-park . . . . . . . #Florida #FlordiaParks #Parks #Rainbow #RainbowSprings #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaOutdoors
Came across this critter eaten tree in Mead Gardens. Likely this one stood tall 40+ years ago when I tromped through this very area. Over the decades various squirrels called this tree home, various bugs called this tree a buffet.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Seminole Indians in the Everglades.
Friends in Live Oak let me borrow a few postcards to share. This one wasn’t mailed but, based upon the postcard collection, would seem to be from the 1940s. . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of the old fishing areas in Mead Gardens. Recall seeing folks fishing here in the ’70s and ’80s and certainly occurred before. Recall finding fishing bobs around and hooks. I’ll share one I found soon. Now the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Beautiful Weeki Wachee & the Congo Belle II in 1966.
This Weeki Wachee postcard postmarked 1966 is of Weeki Wachee without the mermaids! The famous underwater theater is the white structure in the background to the left. The beach area where the ladies are sitting is now Buccaneer Bay. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is of the old rock quarry section of Mead Garden. Dug out for the roads in the area. Now, there’s no mention of the quarry at all. The park folks hardly refer to the area at all. I recall[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…