I don’t know how many people are here in this park but the majority of these snow birds are “repeats”. They have been coming here for many years. They mostly come from the mid-west, eastern United States and Canada. Their language is sometimes challenging with french speaking Canadians, fast speaking New Yorker’s, mid-westerners “O’s” and of course the southern draw. But we all manage quite well. I have to say that this is probably one of the most friendliest group of people that we have been around. It’s a world of its own where politics, religion and careers are not the topic of the day. I find that people here find common interest to talk about, have fun doing it and enjoy each others company. Yah, it is a 55+ RV resort.
We have been doing some more exploring of the area. One interesting tidbit that we learned is the preservation of the local Panthers. There are tall fences along roads I thought was for keeping out deer to protect drivers, but we learned that the fences are there to protect Panthers from getting hurt by traveling vehicles.
We visited Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.
The Sanctuary occupies approximately 13,000 acres in the heart of the Corkscrew Watershed in Southwest Florida, part of the Western Everglades. It is primarily composed of wetlands. These include the largest remaining virgin bald cypress forest in the world…provides important habitat for numerous of Federal and State listed species, including the Florida Panther, American Alligator, Gopher Tortoise, Florida Sandhill Crane, Limpkin, Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, Big Cypress Fox Squirrel and the Florida Black Bear. Several rare plants are also found here, most notably the Ghost Orchid.
Beach Time
An evening at Barefoot Beach Preserve just 8 miles down the road.
Biking
Then on top of those excursions, the Old Spokes Biking Club travels to a new destinations on each ride. Usually our exploring is within 10 miles away to get our 15 to 20 mile ride in.
