Sometimes you realize that you probably could have planned a little better. Our short visit to Biscayne National Park was one of those times. We were in the visitor center when I noticed the flyer for the FREE trolley from Homestead, Florida, to both Biscayne and Everglades. It's a seasonal, weekend option provided by the city. Wow, not only was the public transportation free, they paid the entrance fee to Everglades (no fee to Biscayne - at least the visitor center). So, instead of dry camping with the mosquitos 38 miles within the Everglades at Flamingo campground, we could have been enjoying cell phone reception, all the air conditioning we could stand and other amenities and still have been able to see the parks.
Granted, our visit to Everglades would have been substantially lessened and any campground near Homestead would have been pricey, assuming you could even find a place, I would have liked to have at least known about that option.
The other thing I noticed was that we had just missed an opportunity to give back. Biscayne National Park was running a beach cleanup weekdays from December through April in preparation for sea turtle nesting season. They provided the work-related gear for groups of 4 - 12, ages 16 and up. How cool would that have been to participate in something like that?
Most of you know that I'm not a strong swimmer or kayaker or just about anything related to water. Unless there's a boat tour of some sort, I'm probably not going to see much in or under the water. Biscayne is 95% water. The day we were there, even the short hike around the visitor center area was blocked off for construction. Even so, we caught a tiny glimpse of the mangroves at the water's edge - beautiful!
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| Something to see out of the water |
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| Mangrove roots |
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