Inside the Smallwood Store, Chokoloskee, FL

Step back in history with products displayed from long ago.  The Smallwood Store in Chokoloskee, FL was first built in 1906 by Ted Smallwood, as a Trading Post to serve the remote Everglades area.

Smallwood Store - Chokoloskee, FL
Smallwood Store – Chokoloskee, FL – 2972

Smallwood Store, Chokoloskee, FL

Small slice of history out in the south western portion of Florida.  The Smallwood Store in Chokoloskee, FL was first built in 1906 by Ted Smallwood, as a Trading Post to serve the remote Everglades area.

Smallwood Store - Chokoloskee, FL
Smallwood Store – Chokoloskee, FL – 2963

Kayak Trip in Chokoloskee, FL

Photos taken by Lee Smith

Traveled to Chokoloskee, FL to take a kayak tour with my friend  Don McCumber from the Everglades Area Tours company. The area is alive with beauty and it is vast. An August trip does have a few set backs as far as heat and the mosquitoes, but if you plan carefully it is all doable. We traveled a few miles from the Everglades Area Tours store back to 41 to a location called Turner River where there is a secluded boat launch. We loaded our two man kayak and set off on our short trip as we traveled a few miles down stream through the tree lined river shores and the Mangrove Tunnels that opened to a sea of sawgrass. It was a very comfortable trip on this day with a small breeze, but in some areas there were fierce mosquitoes & slow branches almost blocking our path. My guide, Don,  knew exactly what to do and how to travel through the dense areas. I sat up front and was taking photos as Don paddled guiding us over the river. It was an awesome area full of beauty. I saw many birds and only one small alligator, but in the beginning of the morning we heard the growling of the larger Everglages gators as they were waking up. I look forward to doing another Kayak trip – the Team at Everglades Area Tours were awesome – I rented my kayak, vest and paddle from them as well. Contact the Everglades Area Tours to arrange a kayak tour, they have plenty to choose from!

Turner River, Big Cypress, Everglades
Turner River, Big Cypress, Everglades

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