Swampy and Rob were at the first day of the Farewell Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders in Fort Walton Beach today, April 14th. The first photo is Swampy and the manager if the Raiders, Tom Casey. Then a photo adding[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry to learn of the death of Lilly Pulitzer today. Her extremely popular clothing line, that sparked a trend seen today by other clothes makers, was all the result of our orange groves. A spill of orange juice created a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Historic Derby Street Chapel is just south of the Historic Cocoa Village in Brevard County. The structure was built between 1919 and 1924 for the Seven Day Adventist Church. The building changed hands amongst a number of faiths over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A quick internet search finds no sign of the ‘New Fort Pierce Hotel’ and with no address on the matchbook, don’t know where this is or was. We do know to stay there was “Delightful but Inexpensive”. Below is the[…]↓ 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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Here’s Swampy with Patrick at Los Olas Florida Antiques with lots of Florida goodies!
Here’sSwampy with the fellow leading the four Doolittle Raiders and responsible for so much to make this Farewell Reunion happen. The Raiders themselves are signing books at the moment for a few hundred people in line.