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More Images from Flamingo in Everglades National Park: Buttonwood Cafe and Florida Bay

Inside the Buttonwood Cafe, Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Fla., May 22, 2011

Pin itAlthough I snapped several photos, I thought video would be the best way to show what has changed at Flamingo since my last visit in 2008. Comparing 2008 to when I lived and worked there in the late 1990s is even a greater change especially since while living there, services were in full operation….

Bittersweet Return to Flamingo Lodge in Everglades National Park

Kayak Rentals at Flamingo Marina, Everglades National Park
Kayak Rentals at Flamingo Marina, Everglades National Park

Pin itStanding in the tall grass I let the wind wrap me in her arms while an osprey chirped from a tree branch above, unsure sure if the distinctive call was meant to be welcoming or a warning. What was once a place where I spent three years of my life was now reduced to…

Wordless Wednesday: Everglades Footprints

Everglades Footprints, March 2008

Pin itHaving just finished a 4,000+ word essay on living in the Everglades to be considered for an antholgoy about living and working in national parks, I’m in a mellow, national park mood. Photo was taken at Eco Pond at Flamingo. Enjoy

I’ve Got an Everlgades Exotic Snake Story, Too

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Pin itFeeling left out of all the recent conversation about exotic snakes invading the Everglades and Florida, I’d like to share a blog post I wrote in July 2007 about an almost-domesticated-python found in an employee dorm room in Everglades National Park. Okay, the snake wasn’t initially found in the dorm room, two employees put…

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