Greetings from Everglades National Park

Years ago after spending a great deal of my life being a Florida native, I visited Everglades National Park. I remember being in the southern most tip of the swampy mass at the Flamingo park headquarters. There I had a conversation with a ranger who had ultra white long hair tied into a braid. I asked him if he knew of any fantastic canoe trails. He told me of a lagoon where the wading birds conglomerate in the late afternoon and if I was lucky, I would happen upon a nurse shark that browsed the bay that was only a foot deep. I took the advice and sure enough as I paddled closer to the giant cluster of white feathered waders, two fins were poking out of the water in a swimming rhythm. It was the dorsal and tail fin of that very nurse shark! Such a mythical place. So harsh and beautiful at the same time.

Sincerely,
Jason