Swampy got to pick oranges in the Erickson grove in Tangerine. The grove was at one time owned by the Monsanto who used it to perform various experiments on citrus. Mr. Erickson is a former employee of Monsanto who bought[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy stops for some Florida country cookin’ in Pace at the Santa Rosa Restaurant. Here he has a fried chicken leg. Celebrating 50 years, this spot has had many names over the decades and was at one time part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are a bunch of photos from the Fort Walton Beach parade for the Doolittle Raiders today. There are photos of the flu over, Dollittle family, the Raiders, and groups in the parade, The last photo is of Senior Airman[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As vicious storm clouds quickly approach. I got some photos of Goofy Golf in Fort Walton Beach. Sorry for the darkness caused by the storm.
Here’s an orange! Rather one of the structures found along the busy roadways in our state where one could purchase oranges and orange juice. This one is along U.S. 1 north of Eau Galle at the Disabled American Veterans Chapter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
href=”http://swampysflorida.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130401-182603.jpg”> Here’s an icon to find a historic museum. This Studebaker sign, that once graced an Ocala car dealership, now welcomes visitors to the Marion County Historical Museum in Ocala in the McPherson Government Complex.
Here comes No. 92, the Silver Star, arriving in Winter Park….. And a photo of the same No. 92 with some new passengers aboard and a few departed heading north to DeLand, Palatka, Jacksonville and then on north. Also below[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Allen Register, of Gatorama in Palmdale. gives Swampy a gator ride. The visit was to establish a new character that will be in the Swampy realm. More to come as that develops.
Swampy visits with Butch Wilson, who runs the fantastic Clewiston Historical Museum. The museum displays the vast history of the area from prehistoric to the sugar industry to present. Butch showed a series of recent amazing improvements to the museum.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy at a railroad worker’s cottage built around the time the big hurricane came in 1926. It’s all part of the South Bay RV Campground in South Bay. There’s also access to the waters of Lake Okeechobee and to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
href=”http://swampysflorida.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130325-194435.jpg”> Here’s Swampy with Sinclair who works in the only other Royal Castle in Miami. He explained the difference between his burgers and Arnold’s Royal Castle. Below is a photo of the two sets of the burgers side by side.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…