The Florida Keys

A Lone Mangrove – Key Largo, FL

Photo by Lee Smith

I walked in the shallows around a mangrove covered island off Key largo, Florida and found this lone Mangrove growing away from the island. (Photo taken in 2012)

Key Largo Mangrove Tree - 7D-2012-_0852
Key Largo Mangrove Tree – 7D-2012-_0852
Key Largo Mangrove Tree - 7D-2012-_0838
Key Largo Mangrove Tree – 7D-2012-_0838

 

Key Largo Mangrove Tree - 0851
Key Largo Mangrove Tree – 0851
Key Largo Mangrove Island - 0842 - 7D 2012
Key Largo Mangrove Island – 0842 – 7D 2012

Life will find a way – Islamorada

Walking along a path lined with small mangrove trees on the bay in Islamorada, I was amazed of how these mangroves can grow in the most inhospitable conditions. Islamorada, a “Village of Islands,” is an incorporated village in Monroe County, Florida

Founders Park, Islamorada, FL
Founders Park, Islamorada, FL – IMG_8451_2_3-BW

The Marvin Adams Waterway, Key Largo, Florida

Visitors drive across this bridge on highway U.S. 1 – located about mile marker 103.6. The vertical walls rise about 15 feet high and the local boaters refer to it as “the Cut”. It took a year-and-a-half to complete the half-mile cut in 1961 with a temporary bridge on the bayside. Twelve years later, a four lane highway bridge was built. Interesting story – http://www.keyshistory.org/thecut.html

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The Marvin Adams Waterway, Key Largo

Beneath the Bridge - THE MARVIN ADAMS WATERWAY, Key Largo, Florida

Connecting the Ocean to the Bay

The Mangroves of the Islands

Off Key Largo are beautiful quiet islands covered with mangroves. These saltwater trees create a massive amount shade and help create an amazing environment to explore. Below is a mangrove tree with new growth.

Key Largo Sunrise by Lee Smith IMG_7674_5_6

A Mangrove Tree with new growth

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