{"id":3330,"date":"2022-03-23T14:39:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2022-03-24T11:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:19:21","slug":"variations-on-a-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=3330","title":{"rendered":"Variations On A Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The theme, and only unifying factor, being Florida’s south west coast – we went from one extreme, Marco Island, to the other, Everglades National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marco Island<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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What could I possibly show you that sets Marco Island apart from so many of the other Florida Gulf Coast cities? Most sport many, many large, multi-windowed condo buildings, set in manicured parks, with gated entries, strung along busy roadways. So here is Tigertail Beach and a perspective that puts the best of Marco in the forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Valet parking for your boat! And this is live<\/em> storage; if you want to take your boat out, just call ahead!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We left before sun up to try and get ahead of the wind and waves forecasted for late afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Everglades National Park<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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One and a half MILLION acres of South Florida wetlands… a gem of a National Park! We had to take, and pass, a test to get permission to visit as well as get a permit to boat in the park. Explore this virtually yourself at: https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/ever\/planyourvisit\/index.htm<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We were one of only two boats in Ponce de Leon Bay sheltering from a strong south wind and steep waves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The wind had not abated so we decided to stay put another day and explore The Little Shark River by dinghy. You could easily get lost here without charts and\/or a compass… all of the mangrove channels look alike after a while!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Like many of the other National Parks, you can “hike” (paddle) and camp in sections of the park. That was the cleanest port-potty I have EVER had the need to visit!\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mangroves doing their important job of creating new land.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A last, breath-taking view of Florida’s West Coast over the park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The theme, and only unifying factor, being Florida’s south west coast – we went from one extreme, Marco Island, to the other, Everglades National Park. Marco Island What could I possibly show you that sets Marco Island apart from so many of the other Florida Gulf Coast cities? Most sport many, many large, multi-windowed condo… Continue reading Variations On A Theme<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gulf-coast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}