Everglades NP or other site in FLA recommendation (Page 3): Don't go to the Everglades without visiting Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery: http://www.clydebutcher.com/galleries...

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Aug 21, 2015 19:00:09 #

ricardo7 Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile

Don't go to the Everglades without visiting Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery:

http://www.clydebutcher.com/galleries

SPECTACULAR!!!

Aug 21, 2015 21:31:41 #

Ugly Jake Loc: Sub-Rural Vermont

In Central Florida (Lakeland) you MUST go to Circle Bar B Preserve! VERY accessible for non-bushwhackers(My brother-in-law rides his bike around the trails). Birds galore, 'gators, armadillo, even wild pigs. (Oh, and the raccoons! http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-286490-1.html

Aug 21, 2015 21:52:10 #

Fla Walt Loc: Delray Beach, Florida

unclebe1 wrote:

Wakodahatchee wetlands in Delray Beach is a great location (just south of West Palm Beach). Virtually around the corner is Green Cay Nature Center. A few minutes south of those, still in Delray Beach, is Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Several miles further south in Coconut Creek is Butterfly World. There are an untold number of things for your wife in West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boca Raton, and further on down to Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

Also there are many good restaurants and hotels. And the beach is close by.

Aug 22, 2015 08:15:52 #

gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand

Jim S wrote:

Plan now is 1st week of March - I'd love to have you join us/me??

I'll be in touch and thanks

That's a good time of the year Jim S, look forward to hearing from you. You will both enjoy.

Sep 7, 2015 05:25:46 #

TomV Loc: Annapolis, Maryland

We rent a place in Everglades City and take The Loop. A great way to optimize your time/wildlife ratio. We usually go in March.

Also, a flat-bottom boat tour on the Glades from Everglades City ($150/person) sounds steep but I got great close-up shots of birds in their habitat. Well, close-up with a 70-400mm lens. Do not go to Florida without a good tele-zoom!

The wife loved it. With the boat tour, we stopped and did some shelling on a remote island (had its own porta-potty). In both the Loop and boat, there is so much wildlife that your wife will be entertained. On the Loop, everything can be seen from the road, no hiking involved.

The national park entrance at Homestead is also something your wife would enjoy, nice paved walking trails and boardwalks in the swamp with lots of birds and gators. Permanent restrooms there.

Sep 7, 2015 06:33:26 #

spdmn54 Loc: Avon Lake, Ohio

DWU2 wrote:

Sanibel. Great vacation spot, lots of amenities. But also has Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Outstanding nature photo opportunities abound. In addition, another nature preserve, the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, is an easy drive from Sanibel. Don't be put off by the "swamp" part - it's mostly boardwalk.

Best times - late winter or spring.

I too have spent countless hours in both places, another good spot would be Lovers Key State Park, also close, lots of wildlife, and a good place for the wife to stretch out ans sun whilst you take photographs.

Sep 7, 2015 07:27:18 #