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@Miami and Key Biscayne (started)

12/12/2019

Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915.[6] The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which separates the Beach from the mainland city of Miami. (wiki)
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Miami Beach is great opportunity for daytime and night time (low-light photography). Traffic is an issue and when Ginger and I visited Miami 2 years ago (2020), we felt like we crawled through the beach front. (I exited the car as Ginger looped several blocks for 1/2 hour, giving me to catch a number of photos). On another trip with Eddie, we visited a 1400 Spanish Monastery brought to America brick by brick. A must see visit.

Photo Ops:

Downtown Beach Blvd - cars, street cafes, dining and of course the 35 miles of beach
On the beach capture the colorful Life Guard stations
Night (low-light) panorama for the Miami skyline
The Spanish Monastery - St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church
Lighthouse on the beach of Key Biscayne

Resources:
Wiki ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami
Miami Beach History
Visit Miami ... www.visitflorida.com/places-to-go/southeast/miami/
Ancient Spanish Monastery ... www.spanishmonastery.com/

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@Ochopee/Everglades via Alligator Alley

12/12/2019

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The Florida Everglades are a unique ecosystem and cultural setting. This website is your guide through the past, present, and future of the Florida Everglades. Humans were living in the Florida Everglades area as long as 15,000 years ago. Two major tribes - the Calusa Indians and the Tequesta Indians - lived as hunter-gatherers on the edges of the rich Florida Everglades ecosystems.
There may have been about 4,000 to 7,000 Calusa at their peak. The Tequesta were much smaller in number and occupied a smaller territory. The Calusa were the largest and most powerful tribe in Florida, and lived in 50 settlements from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf in Southwest Florida and the Florida Keys. (see the full history on Florida Back Roads Travel)

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Travel to Key West involved taking the opportunity to travel via Alligator Alley with Eddie. Much of the road was open - fields of sugar cane, wild reeds, fenced swamps although we did pass several communities (none I particularly we remember). I do recall some history of the sugar cane industry (by Eddie) and struggles with phosphorus. The route provided a real opportunity to see another part of Florida such as the smallest Post Office in America, Clyde Butcher Gallery in Ochopee and the historic Smallwood General Store.

Photo Ops:

Clyde Butcher Galley
Smallwood General Store - interior and exterior
Ochopee Post Office

Resources:
Wiki ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
Wiki ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochopee,_Florida
Ochopee ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochopee,_Florida
Restoration of the Everglades ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Everglades
Smallwood General Store - Website
Clyde Butcher - Gallery

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