A friend of mine is visiting from another part of the USA, so I decided to be her tour guide. Today, I took her to a small town rarely visited by people from Miami, located a hundred miles (160 km) away. There, the river widens as it flows into the sea, creating a stunning view with thousands of islands dotting the water. We enjoyed a delicious meal of freshly grilled fish, and the peaceful atmosphere was incredibly soothing.
Chokoloskee Island is connected to the mainland of Florida by a causeway. The history of this isolated part of Florida, which was once only accessible from Key West by sea, is fascinating. The novel "Killing Mr. Watson" by Peter Matthiessen is a fiction based on the life of an outlaw at the turn of the 20th century and has received excellent reviews.
This place is truly off the beaten path, making it a hidden gem for visitors to Miami.
You understand the sense of forest therapy when you are driving this lonely stretch of road in the Everglades
Pinecrest is a ghost town located on Loop Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve, about 6 miles west of Fortymile Bend, in Monroe County, Florida. The town was the center of operations during road construction in the 1920s, and at its peak in the 1930s, Pinecrest had a population of almost 400. The town is known for Ervin Rouse, a fiddle player who wrote the musical hit “The Orange Blossom Special,” and who retired to Pinecrest to live alone in a small shack with two dogs.
