NPS Photo.How do you remove a python from your rig's engine block? (Be aware the Everglades are best experienced in the winter, when wildlife is more visible and mosquitos and no-see-ums are less present.

If you have the time, take the more scenic But if your route takes you across Alligator Alley, you CAN see Everglades wildlife and make some interesting stops along the way. The real reason to drive down Snake Road, however, is to visit the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. Unfortunately, it resulted in the python contracting and excreting bodily fluids all over the responders. The four responders then discussed their options. This is a first-class museum where it’s easy to spend an hour or two.

Scenic Snake Road (named for its curve, not the reptile) is a two-lane road that gets you closer to the birds and alligators that inhabit the canal alongside the road. Directions to Trail: Four miles (6 km) north of the Flamingo Visitor Center on the main park road. I have briefly hiked here, but did not find it terribly promising for wildlife or scenery.About 45 miles north of here is one of my favorite Everglades boardwalk experiences – If you head south from US 29, in 15 minutes you’ll come to the entrance to A half hour south of I-75 is Everglades City, a historic fishing town known for its stone crabs and as a gateway to exploring the Everglades. Measuring in at a mere 10 inches as an adult, Brown snakes … The Latest Articles from the National Parks Traveler I certainly saw an abundance of fish in the water, with continual splashing.The real reason to drive down Snake Road, however, is to visit the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. DeLong attempted to grab the python with the curved end of his walking cane, but was unable to stop it. And good honest men providing assistance to an individual in despair is a great deed. It was the 1940s, and Fort Lauderdale had 18,000 people; Naples had 1,000. Who needed anything other than the Tamiami Trail?By the 1960s, however, Broward and Collier counties pushed it through, despite widespread opposition. Although the Indigo snake must endure commercial expansion and habitat degradation, it thrives within the confines of Everglades National Park’s pine and tropical hardwood forests. There are thousands of stories like this just waiting to be reported and while entertaining on one level, it's also a very sad statement on humans' unique ability to truly foul things up. Snow reported that there had been several published articles about the successful use of Tasers to loosen the tight grip of constricting snakes, so that was tried. I-75 begins its national northward journey near Miami, running along the western parts of the Miami metropolitan area before traveling westward across Alligator Alley (also known as Everglades Parkway), resuming its northward direction in Naples, running along Florida's Gulf Coast, and passing the cities of Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Venice, and Sarasota. Alligator Alley has always had a reputation – initially for being a boondoggle, then for being dangerous, now for being boring.But Alligator Alley is also the quickest way for folks in Broward or Collier County to get into the vast wild expanse of the Everglades.Sure, an interstate highway (it’s now I-75) is not an idyllic route. When ranger Willie Lopez, wildlife biologist Skip Snow, biologist's assistant Alex Wolf and firefighter Henry Delvalle checked the Explorer, they found its hood open, with only the tail end of the python visible - the rest of the snake was coiled around various parts of the engine and undercarriage. Again, the litter was so discouraging I wanted to bring a Girl Scout troop to help clean it up.The boat ramps along this section of Alligator Alley are most used by fishermen.
"it resulted in the python contracting and excreting bodily fluids all over the responders."

And good honest men providing assistance to an individual in despair is a great deed. I hope you'll enjoy a visit to Big Cypress in the near future.

That was the problem a visitor to You might recall that back in July I told you about some of the Here's how the tale unfolded, according to Pine Island District Ranger Willie Lopez: Here’s a When the idea to join Fort Lauderdale and Naples by road first surfaced, people laughed, according to the late Florida historian Stuart McIver. Florida Brown Snake - On the opposite side of the scale from the Indigo, the Florida Brown snake is one of the smallest snakes in the Everglades.

Since Burmese pythons are exotic, prolific and aggressive, the snake was euthanized and taken to a lab to be studied. As DeLong stepped out of his Ford Explorer, the python began crawling underneath the vehicle and into its engine compartment. Florida Rambler was founded in 2010 by Bonnie and fellow journalist Bob Rountree, two long-time Florida residents who have spent decades exploring the Florida outdoors.

A visit opens with a dramatic multi-screen media presentation and its well-designed dioramas and exhibits explain Seminole history and traditions.

The snake's head and body were uncoiled and maneuvered through the engine compartment, then pulled out the top of the engine.

A real highlight is the 1.5 mile boardwalk through a cypress swamp adjacent to the museum. Indeed, when the road opened in 1969, the fears of the AAA were proved at least partly true. After several failed attempts to remove the snake, DeLong decided to drive 15 miles to the main entrance station for assistance.

Several attempts were made to pull it out through the top of the engine, but failed because the snake tightened its hold on the car.

The rest stop has clean restrooms, vending machines and picnic tables.