Then we drove over to the River Store about 1:30 to go on the Loxahatchee River tour up to Trapper Nelson's.We browsed around the store until it was time to get in line for the tour. We departed the dock at 2:00. The captain told us the history of the area and that during WWII the Camp Murphy was where the park is now and it was a top-secret radar training school before becoming a state park in 1950.
He explained about the birds and wildlife along the river and pointed out the differences in the trees and plants along the river. The first part of our trip up river we saw cypress trees and sand scrub pine trees.
Farther along up river the vegetation changed to to ferns and palm trees.
We arrived at Trapper Nelson's a little after 2:30 and were greeted by a state park volunteer who took us around the historical site of Trapper Nelson's.
Mike had been to Trapper Nelson's about 4 times while Trapper Nelson was still alive. Mike came up here
on a 7th grade field trip. He rode up here once with some friends on their motorcycles and he and his parents came up here on their boat up the intracoastal waterway to the Loxahatchee River a couple of times.Mike remembers seeing Trapper Nelson and the wildlife he had in is his zoo there.
Mike found a brochure at the site that gives part of Trapper Nelson's story and I've included it here.
Then we got back on the boat and made our way back to the state park docks and I managed to get a photo of an osprey that had just landed on a tree trunk.
We were back at the boat dock by 3:45. We really enjoyed the river tour and tipped the captain when we disembarked the boat.
We then headed back over to the campground. After walking Tinker, Mike grilled some hot dogs and we had potato salad with them for supper.
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