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Posted By:
Nickens, Dan
Date Posted:
Dec 11, 2019
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Sometimes it hits me like a hammer on the head that some of the most beautiful places on the planet are just outside my hangar door. No need to travel to far off places like New Caledonia or New Britain or New Zealand when there is Old Florida just a few minutes away.
Date Taken:
December 6, 2019
Place Taken:
Lake George, Florida USA
Owner:
Nickens, Dan
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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You want exotic winter color? Got that around Lake Charles (when you can get into the Ocala
National Forrest restricted areas - that's most days).
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Fall Colors IMG 5454
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Don Maxwell - Dec 10,2019
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Nice colors, Dan. For Florida. Here's Virginia's answer to your spanish moss in winter--mistletoe--in our next door neighbor's tree.
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 11,2019
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Not to mention the additional traditional benefits from mistletoe this time of year, Don!
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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"Yeah,
Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You've got me blowin, blown my mind
Is it tomorrow or just the end of time?"
Did Jimmi see this place?
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Purple Haze IMG 8469
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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In an ocean of green a prairie of gold with a splash of water? Yes! Got that.
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Golden grass with a splash of clear spring water? Yes! It's in Zay Prairie, in the Ocala National
Forrest.
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Wet Prairie IMG 6745
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Can you do more than get a high view of the spectacle? Yes! If you have a SeaRey that only takes
a thin veneer of water to play on.
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Shallow Running IMG 8787
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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How about a mysterious mud filled lake with rare chemical concretions populating its shallow
sediments? Yep. Mud Lake. No, seriously. That's its name. (Well, Col. Grumpy called it "Canard
de boue" after one of his weirdly constructed model planes, the "Mud Duck", but that's not
geographically correct.)
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Mud Below IMG 2519
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Want to see abandoned waterways adjoining primordial rivers? Yep. That’s pure Florida.
It took a scandalous national president, Tricky Dick Nixon, to halt the cross trenching of the state
known as the “Cross Florida Barge Canalâ€.
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Clash of Paths IMG 9022
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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You can get an idea of the scale of the government dredging boondoggle by climbing up over it in a
SeaRey.
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Unnatural Turn IMG 5813
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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The planned canal for moving ship loads of stuff right across the land is currently a mere trickle of
what was imagined.
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Shrunken Channel IMG 0716
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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The ancient river of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings writings lives on despite the parasitic canal running
with it.
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Green Fringe 2019-12-06 14.29
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 10,2019
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Be careful of the unnatural, though, as the canal builders put a reservoir on it but didn't get all the
trees out.
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Seaplane Traps IMG 1322
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Don Maxwell - Dec 10,2019
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Ow! Ow! That's a painful sight! There's a big shallow pond near the local Lowe's Aircraft Supply here that looks pointy like that. I absolutely hate driving past it. It's worse because it would be just big enough to land on--so from the air it's an attractive nuisance, but up close it's just plain painful.
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 11,2019
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It's particularly painful on the Rodman Reservoir, Don, because normally this would be covered by black water. The good news is because it's a reservoir the level is pretty stable and the stumps are covered. Every four or five years, however, they drain the swamp to get ride of pesky plants. At least when it's drained the snags are easily seen.
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