Collier Seminole State Park, Everglades

Trip Start Nov 19, 2007

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Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas Day 2008 - December 29th

After our great Christmas lunch and being pushed along by the Campground Host....we took off to Collier Seminole State Park in the Everglades National Park just south of Naples.
The place was jumping! Moms and Dads and kids and Grandparents!!! It was one of the most jumping campgrounds we have experienced. Tents and huge class A's camping right next to each other! Made for quite an unusal village look.

Our site, however was on the outside of the loop and was tucked away, deeper into the swamp making it quieter and with plenty of privacy for us. We spent the entire time out and about checking out the Everglades. The pictures tell the story best. Hit "view as a slide show" and enjoy.

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our site	nice deep site into the Everglades	Interpretive Center	Interpretive Center
Walking Dredge Machine that built Tamiami Tra	Walking Dredge bucket	Walking Dredge	Great engineering
cables run by a steam engine	two pistons with only 45 HP strong enough	steam engine	Walking Dredger bucket
over a half mile of boardwalk into the Evergl	bougainvilla on Miccoschee Indian home	The boardwalk	The Boardwalk
Strangler Fig tree on a live oak	Strangler Fig	living pond at end of boardwalk	sleeping beauty
gators along the highway	gators and herons	gator along the highway	gators at the visitors center
an 8 year old	opens his mouth to cool off	snowy egret fishing	got it! but too big to swallow
snowy egret in the breeze	Maudie checking out the Everglades	isn't she a beauty?	State Park boat ramp
river in the Everglades	mangroves hold back the banks	beauty in the Everglades	Mangrove trees are called, "walking trees"
mysterious and enchanting	mussels in brackish water	close up of mussels	outdoor laundry...nice....
Collier memorial	memorial to Mr. Collier	original Royal Palm	a park display
skinny dug out canoe for fishing	boardwalk to observation deck	boradwalk at dusk	observation deck overlooking swamp
swamp at sunset	a village of campers	bicycle path in Everglades	bike path
Everglades prarrie	bike path along prarrie	Bike path	Everglades Post Office!
Post Office