After a week of Club Hopping,Model Shows,Ultra and a very crazy
scene in general, it was time to get back to basics. On Sunday, my sons and I took a nice ride around Miami-Dade County. One has to look hard to find Old Florida in Downtown Miami or Miami Beach, but just 20 or 30 miles to the South and West you can still find it. Above, a school bus near Redlands that is used for target practice. The surrounding area is dirt roads and strawberry fields.
We stopped for conch fritters and fresh shrimp at Alabamba Jacks's on Card Sound Road.On Sundays there is live Country Western and sqaure dancing.
About 100 yards away are some houseboats selling blue crab. The harvest is a little slow this year due to cold and drought.
They make a great meal - just boil and add spicy Cajun Crab seasoning .
On the way back we turned off Krome Avenue to Chekika , a little-visited area of Everglades National Park. The region is prarie that turns to swamp in rainy season, with a few mangrove hammocks and alligator filled lakes.
Only 30 minutes from Coral Gables in a complete wilderness !
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