Swampy made his way into the Ocala National Forest to join the Florida Trail Association and their 27th year of celebrating at the Lake Doe Campground. Above is the sun setting on Lake Doe. Below is the boat seat dropped[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits the 2010 Ocali Days in Silver River State Park near Ocala. Above the Swamp Ape meets the Swamp Frog, as he called himself. There are all sorts of re-enactors throughout Ocali Days mostly representing the days of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a brochure from Swampy’s collection for touring the Everglades. There is no date on the brochure, but appears to be from the early ’50s. The price is right, but Gray Line no longer offers this trip. Orlando and Miami[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a few sides of a Citrus County Brochure. Not sure what year it’s from.
Above is a banner from around 1955 of Parrot Jungle. There’s a lot of history to Parrot Jungle. Not the least of which is that it is no longer Parrot Jungle. After opening in 1936, the attraction that featured so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits the Venice Train Depot, at 303 E. Venice Avenue., historic site. Not surprisingly the depot is home to the Venice Historical Society. Click here for more information about the historical society. The railroad station was active until 1991[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Swampy makes his way towards the Georgia border with a stop to Falling Creek Falls. Here’s a very brief look at a park that has much one can discover much in. The park in Columbia County has one of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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 visited Homosassa Springs State Park Saturday and here are some photos… Here’s Swampy at the entrance. Here’s the entrance. A mural at the entrance. This is Lu, the hippo, who is over 50 years old, has been at Homosassa[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Swampy hit the trail in Marion County at Silver River State Park. Here he is up a tree on the River Trail at the park. At the end of the River Trail is a boat ramp where canoes and kayaks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…