Monthly Archives: December 2011

Corkscrew Swamp, Fakahatchee Strand, and the Loxahatchee River

For us,  no trip to South Florida is complete without a visit to Corkscrew Swamp and Fakahatchee Strand. Audubon’s approximately 13,000 acre Corkscrew Swamp Preserve, near Naples is an absolutely amazing place.   The preserve is home to the largest remaining old growth Bald Cypress stand in North America.  It also hosts the largest nesting...

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Happy Holidays!!

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Big Cypress

As a native Floridian, I feel so lucky to live in a state with such wonderful wildlife and ecosystems.  As a nature lover, I have to admit I’ve been spoiled.  While some people think Disney World and Miami Beach when they think of Florida, that’s not what makes Florida so special.  The real treasure of...

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Romy - Those are exactly the memories I have of Florida – nice captures!

Some call Californians crazy but I think the state (CA) is going in the right direction when protecting what can so easily perish.
Here, the more crazy, the better.

That reminds me: I need to send a Christmas gift to a marine mammal rescue center I support. Merry Christmas to you too :-) December 20, 2011 – 1:31 am

Corkscrew Swamp, Fakahatchee Strand, and the Loxahatchee River » LMEimages - [...] This is the second of two blog entries from our recent South Florida trip.  The first entry is here [...]December 28, 2011 – 11:24 pm