Landscapes. The Florida
Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands is a rare
and beautiful place. It is one of North America's
unsung wild places, a beautiful, rugged, subtropical
landscape experienced by a relatively few adventurous
souls each year. Many who appreciate the unique
qualities of this wilderness will argue that it
is a place better kept secret. Perhaps, in my quest
for solitude and a deeply personal communion with
nature, I might ordinarily agree.
But I also feel
that it is a resource important not only for its
natural heritage and spiritually enriching powers,
but for its commercial and recreational values as
well. The Everglades is the beautiful swamp, it
is an ever changing colorful landscape as flat as
a table top. There are no rushing streams or crashing
waterfalls to spoil the magnificent solitude found
in this place.
