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Feb 25, 2016Explorer
I'm going to take exception to the above comments on where I live. Assuming one, when traversing the EVERGLADES, wants to see nature as opposed to Putt Putt Golf, BBQ Joints, Golden Arches etc., there is tons to see. Gotta open ones eyes. Lots of gators you are sure to see if you look for them. Egrets galore, pelicans, roseatte spoonbills, commorants/anhingas, great blue and white herons. Stop on the bridge at Port of the Islands, get out and look down and in the morning you've got a great chance to see a dozen or more manatee warming up. Cypress trees and wooded strands in the forest of moving grasses. There are so many places to stop, even with a MH, that I can't count them. There are parks, visitor centers, picnic areas and ample stopping and parking space on the side of the road at nearly every culvert that moves the water under US41 and those culverts probably average 1 per half mile or so. Sometimes you might not be able to park because of the cars with fishermen or carrying kayaks utilizing the water trails and fishing holes. Course it's not as exciting as all those commercial spots in Tampa! :)
Down here in S. FL there are only 2 feasible ways of crossing the state and the other is I75 (A/K/A Alligator Alley where I guarantee that you will not come close to seeing even one gator and probably not even any birds etc but you will see a typical interstate rest area, one gas station stop, hundreds of 18 wheelers, a toll booth and add about 30 miles to your trip. Enjoy life. Enjoy your trip.
Down here in S. FL there are only 2 feasible ways of crossing the state and the other is I75 (A/K/A Alligator Alley where I guarantee that you will not come close to seeing even one gator and probably not even any birds etc but you will see a typical interstate rest area, one gas station stop, hundreds of 18 wheelers, a toll booth and add about 30 miles to your trip. Enjoy life. Enjoy your trip.
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