Swampy stops at the 65 year old Dairy Belle on US 1 in Riviera Beach. There have been many owners over the years. The current owner has had the business fifteen years. As road construction plagues the businesses along the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking for mysteries based in Florida? ‘Murder on the Beach’ is a book store in Downtown Delray Beach that has a chair waiting for you to sit and browse their extensive collection. Their specialty is Florida mysteries and most all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friends, Rob Labby and Manfred Wegscheider, contributed a giant alligator puppet to add to the Swampy road show. Rob is a performer who is cutting back a bit and needed a home for his alligator.. and two working, prop[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy nabs a burger at Okeecobee’s favorite night spot, Cowboys. Cowboys opened five years ago replacing one of the R.J. Gators spots along St Rd 441. The location proved too popular and in January Cowboy’s moved on to Parrott Avenue[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy picks up a famous pecan log roll at Stuckey’s, right off the Florida Turnpike, in Yeehaw Junction. Swampy is heading further south. Let’s see where he heads off to next.
Swampy attended the annual Orange County Regional History Maker Celebration in Orlando tonight. Receiving the honor this year were to Curtis Stanton, who established so much of what the Orlando Utilities Commission is today, and Rita Boornstein, who ran Rollins[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy with a Black Bottom sandwich! It’s a favorite and an exclusive of the 1932 established Angels in Palatka. Angel’s is the oldest diner still open in Florida. The Black Bottom is a combo if hamburger, egg and bacon.
Swampy made a stop at Sea Shell City back in November. It is one of the few (Maybe the only) traditional roadside Florida souvenir shops locally owned anywhere between Pensacola Beach to Panama City Beach. Quickly becoming one of the few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy stops at one of the busiest and best known spots in Daytona Beach, Krispy Kreme to sample their newest doughnut delicacy: Key Lime! It’s a mild key lime taste and, the one gotten, was very tasty with the Key[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy celebrates National Orange Juice Day with a healthy cup of fresh squeezed orange juice from Pell’s Citrus at the Daytona Beach Flea Market. They have orange and grapefruit juice. Also oranges, grapefruits, lemons, limes and all kinds of local[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pioneer Florida Museum and Village is a terrific place to spend the afternoon for a leisurely stroll through Florida historic structures and exhibits. There’s the Trilby train station moved to the location along with an engine and caboose. The old[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Each year since 1895 at this time relatives of those who fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side get together across Florida. Swampy stopped at this year’s event in Orlando at Greenwood Cemetery. Many come dressed of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…