At the very end of the Main Park Road in Everglades National Park, I captured this lone mangrove just offshore from the wrack line along Florida Bay. It’s old enough to have witnessed the waves of change across Flamingo, most recently the waves from Hurricane Wilma and Hurricane Katrina so deeply damaging the beloved Flamingo Lodge and cabins that they’ve since been wiped off the face of the earth. The mangrove, however, digs its roots in deep and still stands.
Author of 45 books, Sandra Friend established FloridaHikes.com in 2006 to expand on the field research she'd completed for her first six hiking guides. She has been honored with lifetime achievement awards from the Florida Trail Association and the Florida Outdoor Writers Association.
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