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Neither of us had been here before so this was our first “new” National Park visit since Saguaro in Arizona last spring. Biscayne is a unique National Park, because 95% of its area is underwater and its purpose is to preserve and showcase the reefs and other underwater habitat. However, visiting it is a bit of a challenge for people who don’t particularly like getting wet.
For visitors without a boat, the Biscayne National Park Institute runs several different tours to various places in the park for snorkeling, paddling, and visiting the keys. We took the heritage tour that described the history of the park. We learned about pirates, shipwrecks, the son of a slave who sold his three islands to the government for preservation instead of to developers, and the parties thrown by the founder of Honeywell on his private island, Boca Chita Key.
This was the entrance sign. I liked the carved brick.
On The Road – frosty – Biscayne National ParkPost + Comments (13)