Die Everglades Nasionale Park

Die afgelope Saterdag had ons 'n verfrissende ervaring toe ons 'n 12-myl fietsrit deur die Everglades Nasionale Park deurgedraf (lees "trap") het.
"The Everglades is really a stream of shallow water moving slowly through sturdy saw grass..." from the book The Everglades: River of Grass, by nature-lover and conservation activist Marjorie Stoneman Douglas.
It remains an extremely fragile ecosystem, and like so many other nature conservation tales, were saved just in time. Like the unique Fynbos-ecosystem in the beautiful Cape Province, there is nothing else like it on earth.

The Park, tot stand gebring deur President Harry S. Truman, beslaan die Suid-Westelike deel van Florida. Dit is die tuiste van 'n enorme getal wildslewe en ons was gelukkig om 'n groot variteit watervoëls, aligators, skilpaaie en varswatervis te kon sien.