Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-24

l7-foot canoe and have lived of
the country for Is weeks.
Smoked tarpon got to tasting
as good as kingfish steak and
on their first visit to civiliZa-
ton Barbara was so entranced
BY Key lime pie and ice cream
that she had to have some for
breakfast.
The Keys are only a good
hop. skip and jump across Flor
Ida Bay and the pie, made of
condensed milk and the juice of
the native lines. is q speciality
Of this area. Delicious. but
fattening.
How About Station Wagons?
Or you can do like Col. c. @.
Mower. Air Force retired, who
bought himself a Volkswagen
station wagon. equipped 1t with
6-volt fiuorescent lights inside.
an electric refrigerator and s.
year-old pointer and took to
camping by the Gulf in style.
There are two loves in the
courtly -mannered colonel's life
Ibis dog and fishing. In an
Gent but jaunty yachting cap,
faded khakis and scraggly
beard. he'll tell you gravely that
his pointer Is the best hunting
dog he's ever seen and that he.
the colonel. knows more about
salmon fishing In Maine than
the native guides.
The colonel may be right. He
gave me q streamer fly he'd tied
from impala hair and peacock
feathers that should be a killer
on landlocked salmon.
8 We found the Fogles. the
colonel and others living In an
assortment Of tents and trailers
On the public camp ground at
Flamingo. It is a free camp
ground. with rest rooms and
other facilities provided by the
National Park Service.
Contrasts Startling
This is the most remote point
Of Everglades National Park and
the contrasts are always star
ding. From the ranger station
at the entrance you drive 80
miles. There are no gas stations
or eating places 10 clutter the
landscape, only a wilderness of
saw grass and hammocks until
you come to the mangrove belt.
Here the salt water from the
Gulf mixes with the fresh Of
the more northern Everglades
and allows the growth Of the
strange trees that so entwine
their gnarled roots that they |
form vast islands Of vegetation
along the coast.
The parks 100000 acres
contain wildlife of many varie-
ties-deer, raccoon. possum.
otter and some bear and pam
theirs, which are glimpsed only
rarely. OF course. there are
alligators and on some Of the
salt water beaches. American
crocodiles. the only know place
they exist.
The Fogles in their weeks of
out encountered only
one poisonous snake-a rattler.
THE cottonmouths water '
moccasins) don't get this far
south because OF the salt water"
OriH explained.
wilderness Ends Abruptly
Finally. you reach Flamingo.
where the wilderness ends
abruptly. Besides the camping
and q picnic ground there is an
ultramodern motel. visitors
center with coffee bar. restau-
rant and museum and a large
marina.
From the marina rental out
boards can be obtained or larger
craft chartered. There is an
electric lift and tackle. bait.
gasoline and other supplies are
available.
In Florida Bay and the Gulf
are shook, sea trout, snapper,
Spanish mackerel. Jacks and
grouper. Most sought-after Is
the tarpon. It Is found mostly
up the streams and in the bays
created by the mangroves. /
This is the area Of the Ten
Thousand Islands and the ia
NOUS Shark River. From Fla
mingo, small boats easily reach
the Shark in couple of hours,
but the Fogles say the best
fishing, particularly for snook,
is in the more remote areas.
Weight Biggest Problem
Grin, a biologist, and his
blond wife spent several
months planning their expe-
dition. Weight was the big
problem because they felt a