While staying at Waters Edge, we decided to take a day trip
to Belle Glade, the place on Lake Okeechobee where he and Jerry went fishing
years ago.
Chuck had told me previously about all the sugar cane fields
that they would see on their drive to Belle Glade... and the sugar cane is
still a huge industry here. The dirt in
the fields are very black which makes you think it must be very good soil.
And the fields were at all different stages of growth. Some had been recently planted.
Some were nearly full grown.
And some of the fields were being burned off getting ready
for harvesting. (Notice the smoke way
off in the distance.)
We found the place where Chuck and Jerry used to camp and go
fishing. After a major hurricane and
rebuilding, Slim's Fish Camp is still there.
We also checked out the campsite that Jerry and Pam were
coming to in a couple of weeks (unfortunately, we were going to miss them).
Chuck said it had changed a lot since they had been
here. The hurricane that came in a few
years ago basically picked up everything on this side of the lake and blew it into the rim canal. The rim canal was not even passable until they dredged it out again.
On the drive back, we stopped at one of the many locks
around the rim canal where boats can come in and out to the lake.
Part of the bike trail around the rim canal was located here
also.
When it is finished, the bike trail will go around all of
Lake Okeechobee. You can see Lake
Okeechobee from the top of the rim canal here.
It looks like an ocean.
It was fun driving to the place where Chuck and Jerry had
many good fishing trips but kind of sad that it had changed to much.
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