I have decided to stay in Fort Lauderdale, and on the water again with this post. Why? Well, for starters, when you live in the ‘Venice of America’, you really don’t need to look far to find some great kayaking and boating. Moreover, with all of our many canals and bodies of water, there is always […]
Florida Off The Beaten Track
Chokoloskee Island And Everglades City – Murder, Ghosts, Swamp Angels And A 6pm Curfew
A Daytrip To Chokoloskee Island and Everglades City I had no idea what I was letting myself in for, going on a Saturday ‘jolly’ to Everglades City and Chokoloskee Island, both relatively remote but easy to reach via I-75 (Alligator Alley) or US 41 (Tamiami Trail) from Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Being obsessed with alligators, time on Alligator Alley passes […]
The Dora Canal – An Afternoon Spent Gliding Into Another World
The Dora Canal links the two lakes of Dora and Eustis, and as far as I could glean from my limited research on this, it is partly man-altered and partly natural. Previously aptly named ‘Elfin River’, the Dora Canal, as we know it today, came into being officially in the late 1800’s, when the captain […]
The Road Less Walked – The First 105 Miles Of US1
Click here: Florida Keys for more pictures and a little summary of my walk. At the end of last year, I embarked on the adventure of walking the Keys. ‘Should be easy enough to do’, I thought. Anything is easy to do when you dream it up in the comfort of your own home, cool drink in […]