Here’s the first of a new weekly feature, Postcard Wednesdays. This postcard is of the entrance to the world famous Silver Springs. There is no date on the card and would figure this to be from around 1960. I seem[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s Florida Travel Tips: Billie’s Swamp Safari
Swampy visits Billie’s Swamp Safari near the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation. Click here for more information about this great park! Here’s the welcoming sign… There are Seminole chickees all over the park. Here’s one that has demonstrations of the traditional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits the Coral Gables Biltmore, one of the grandest of hotels, that can really be called a resort, in all of Florida. It is a site to be taken in in person. The 1926 building set off a commercial[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s one of a couple dozen brochures of St. Augustine I have. Surely it’s the most different. The cover of this 1950s brochure is below. Below that is a fold out from the cover. Below that is what folds out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inverness – Withlacoochee State Trail
Swampy visits Inverness and the Withlacoochee State Trail located in Liberty Park at the end of North Pine Avenue, north of Hwy 41. At the park is the wonderful train caboose… Across from the caboose is the oldest standing train[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…