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"Pickle
Barrels and PT Hulls"
Big Cypress National Preserve was added to our
agenda at the last minute when Alan Bow asked us to
pick up a park pin for him. It turned out to be an .
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Irenic
Scene with Spanish Moss
Along side much of Loop Road are waterways like
this, which even on the detailed National Park Service
maps have no name... |
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Map
of Our Trip through Big Cypress
From Naples, there are two routes to Big Cypress.
One is Interstate 75, which is better known as
"Alligator Alley." The other is US 41
which runs to the south... |
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Cypress
Trees
I was surprised and slightly disappointed by the dwarf
pond cypress trees I saw in Big Cypress National
Preserve. They were smaller than I'd expected (I
didn't... |
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The
H. P. Williams Roadside Park
The H. P. Williams Roadside Park is a pretty little
pocket park with restrooms a few miles east of
SR-29 on the Tamiami Trail . . . |
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Huge
Alligators
The alligators I saw along Loop Drive were larger
than any I have seen anywhere else, including the Everglades
and zoos. . . |
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Visitor
Center
The Visitor Center is located a half mile west of SR
94 on Tamiami Trail (US 41) and is about
half-way between Naples and Miami. |
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Gator
at my Feet
I've heard that alligators don't usually bother people.
None the less, I took this picture leaning (not very far)
out the car window. . . |
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Loop
Road (SR 94)
Loop Road turns off the Tamiami
Trail at a sign for Monroe Station. Built in
1928, Monroe Station was
once the headquarters for mounted motorcycle patrols for
the new Tamiami Trail. It is the last . . . |
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