And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Grew up on the edge of the Everglades in the 60s and 70s, my brothers and friends would ride our bicycles and catch small gaters and snakes and bring them home! Mom would freak out Dad said Good Job! Let them go in the lake! Good times! Orlando was kinda small town back then, going to any tourist type place that local animals were displayed was for us Lame!!! We had the real deal in our backyard! Now, from my old place I grew up in ya have to go about 20 miles west to get to the Everglades! More peeps dont make it better!
That's back when Orlando was worth visiting.
ReplyDeleteWent there several times as a kid growing up in Orlando in the 50s & 60s.
ReplyDeleteWe've got one here as well: https://coloradogators.com/
ReplyDeleteBeen there as a kid. Donated a boa to it as a teen. Got to big for me.
ReplyDeleteWe have the old blue whale off old Route 66 here
ReplyDeleteAnd we’re damned proud of it.
ReplyDeleteThose were the days when Florida was interesting for out of state tourists.
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ReplyDeleteGrew up on the edge of the Everglades in the 60s and 70s, my brothers and friends would ride our bicycles and catch small gaters and snakes and bring them home! Mom would freak out Dad said Good Job! Let them go in the lake! Good times! Orlando was kinda small town back then, going to any tourist type place that local animals were displayed was for us Lame!!! We had the real deal in our backyard! Now, from my old place I grew up in ya have to go about 20 miles west to get to the Everglades! More peeps dont make it better!
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