If
you go the Jonathan Dickinson State Park, you have to travel the Loxahatchee
River to see the site of Trapper Nelson’s former home. One method (for the old
people) is to take a motorized river tour. Given the absolutely beautiful day,
we went canoeing instead. It's at least an hour trip one-way (the park says to assume 1.5 hours each way). Canoeing here is different from a regular river. With tides, you might be fighting the current or going with the flow. If the tides change, you might fight the current both ways.
We
saw all types of birds and animals. At one point we saw an osprey dive into the
water and pick up a large fish. He flew back to this nest with his fish.
There
were lots of turtles sunning along the way.
Small
alligators were sunning too.
Several
of the trees had these air plants. I don’t know the name, but I like them.
After
an hour of canoeing, we arrived at Trapper Nelson’s site (or the Wildman of the
Laxahatchee). He lived here in 1936 for 38 years. Besides living off the land,
he charged for tours to his place. He set up a small zoo and wrestled
alligators to entertain people.
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