And when I say Everglades, most people are like, "Oh, yeah, the national park." But the Everglades is not just a park; it's an entire watershed, starting with the Kissimmee chain of lakes in the north, and then as the rains would fall in the summer, these downpours would flow into Lake Okeechobee, and Lake Okeechobee would fill up and it would overflow its banks and spill southward, ever slowly, with the topography, and get into the river of grass, the Sawgrass Prairies, before meting into the cypress slews, until going further south into the mangrove swamps, and then finally, finally, reaching Florida Bay, the emerald gem of the Everglades, the great
Y cuando digo Everglades, mucha gente piensa: "Ah, sí, el parque nacional". Pero los Everglades no es solo un parque; es un entero parteaguas, empezando por la cadena de lagos Kissimmee en el norte, y, a medida de que llueve en verano, este aguacero fluye por el lago Okeechobee, este se llena e inunda sus bancos y se desborda hacia el sur, lentamente, con la topografía, y se mete en el río de hierba, el Sawgrass Prairies, antes de llegar a los cipreses, se gira hasta llegar más al sur a los manglares, y, finalmente, llegar a la Bahía de Florida, la joya esmeralda de los Everglades, el