Loxahatchee River Tour

Picture of the Day for 1/12/2013. Visited the 11,000 acre Jonathan Dickinson state park so I could take a boat tour of the Loxahatchee river. The river and surrounding scenery were stunning.

I wanted to take this tour in particular since it takes you to Trapper Nelson's camp location. I'm reading a book about Nelson who was a fascinating fellow. He started homesteading deep in the back country along the banks of the Loxahatchee in the 1930s. His camp and zoo (populated with animals be had captured himself) eventually ended up being quite the tourist attraction. He was found dead at his camp in 1968 of mysterious circumstances at the age of 59.