This year 12 brave souls survived. The weather
was rainy, the GPS did not work and the water was
as high as it gets. This made for a very interesting
trip that ended with a grouper basket and a
beer at the Oar House in Everglades City.

Road to Paradise

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The Keeper of Paradise

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Before

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The Crossing

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Is the water cold, Kent?

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He is watching.

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Where is he??

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I do not see him.

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Something tickles.

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If they only knew that we are totally lost.

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It is all worth it, this is typical scenery.

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The road is right there.

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The first survivors.

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Happiness is the road.

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Why is the water getting deeper?

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Where is he?? Still looking for him.

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There is that cold water expression again.

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Just keep moving. Maybe he will not get us.

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This is fun?????

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Here comes trouble.

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Bite me if you dare!!!!

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The road, the road, the road!!!!

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Just step over the gator. The what????

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Just kidding, no gator.

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After, still happy. Is someone missing?

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The beer side. Some people had two beers.

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The tea side.

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What we came to see.

Encyclia cochleata var. triandra

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Epidendrum anceps

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Epidendrum rigidum

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Epidendrum floridense

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Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum
A ghost orchid with flat roots and tiny flowers.

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Harrisella porrecta
The miniature ghost orchid.

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What we should have seen.

East Lake with it's guard, all 12 feet of it.

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Encyclia cochleata var. triandra flower

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Encyclia tampensis

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Epidendrum nocturnum

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Epidendrum nocturnum flower

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Vanilla phaeantha