March 29, Everglades City, FL

We moved from Marco Island south on the Big Marco River past Goodland to the Gulf of Mexico and on to Everglades City.


We head up the Barron River and are staying at the famous Rod and Gun Club, built by Barron Collier. The old clubhouse is well preserved and looks like a large hunting and fishing lodge with trophies of fish and game (including a large alligator ) lining the walls.

Rod and gun Club

We walked the town of Everglades City. Some fishing industry. Some tourist activities. No much else. New RV coach park. Almost deserted.

We took an air boat tour into the mangrove swamps above Everglades City. Nice wilderness trip. Saw a ten foot alligator close up. Not much other wildlife but the scenery is very pretty. Airboat is noisy. We wore earphones.

The dining room at our Rod and Gun Club lodge is open on Monday and we have a nice dinner overlooking the waterway and the Everglades. They served a pretty good Key Lime pie (we sampled many on our trip. It was a kind of 'quest'). Our boat is right out front. Good power and internet. Docks are old and a bit rickity but safe. Wind was blowing 15-20 and caused some local flooding. Wind drove the water up almost over the docks.