Still Gravity

We don't know what to do with the many photos we have of Everglades National Park. Too many times walking or biking down there. How Edward Abbey said in Desert Solitaire - this is an affiliate link to Amazon:    A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles. Very true.  Everglades National Park is a remote park and the third largest in the contiguous states after Death Valley and Yellowstone. There are four places to enter, but they don't connect by road. Each one is a different world. If you need to pick one, go for the Homestead entrance - the main one. You can see more there.  Let's travel in photos through each of these entrances to the park.  Alligator floating in the waterhole of Royal Palm - License our images  here . Through the Homestead Entrance Royal Palm Visitor Center is the easiest place t

Our perfect little beach in Norris Cut - License our images  here . This was a winter paddle. We launched our kayak from the spot of the old Jimbo’s Place in Virginia Key. Out in Norris Cut, we settled on a small sandy beach across the condominiums of Fisher Island at the entrance of the port of Miami.  Norris Cut and Fisher Island (the tall buildings are in Miami Beach).  Why is this inlet named Norris?  Nobody is sure, but there are some ideas. Nature created the inlet in the 19th century. A hurricane is the usual suspect. Soon, the newborn cut connecting Biscayne Bay to the Atlantic Ocean became a favorite. There was not Governor Cut in those times. That man-made canal that allows big ships and cruises to enter the port of Miami was built in 1905.  The Port of Miami seen