Flamingo Campground Everglades National Park

Named for the beautiful pink birds that once filled the shallow waters at low tide, Flamingo campground now sees only an occasional glimpse of these birds as they fly over. A product of the many changes that have effected the Everglades at the hands of man, these waters are more salient than years past when the waters that flowed through the saw grass provided fresh water to this opening at Florida bay which favored the birds. That has changed and the iconic birds of Florida no longer stop to feed. But the return of the spoon bills (also pink) indicates that the efforts to restore the balance might be working. Notice the one photo of the park visitor center, all in pink with our trusty fold up bikes under the canopy. This is our only connection to the outside universe, also known as the Internet. This is one place that Verizon will not work.