Aerial view of the three Nike missile launch sites
Moon Rise
Sunset through the pinesTue, 3/10/09
Long Pine Key, Everglades NP: A beautiful morning—cool at first but warmed up quickly. When we were here last year we were exploring around and found this abandoned military site of some kind. No one seemed to know what it was, but it was gated and locked up. Turns out it was a Nike missile base that was operational through 1979. Was really important during the Cuban missile crisis. Anyway, they’ve opened it up to the public and today we toured it with a ranger. And the Miami Herald had a reporter and camera crew out there to document it for the paper and their web site. Was a great tour. Took a couple of hours. Before we drove down to the missile site we walked the Anhinga Trail. Saw a bunch of gators, water birds, turtles, and fish. After the tour of the missile base we went into Homestead to hit the Walmart to pick up a couple of things and had dinner at a Mexican restaurant. After dinner we stopped to see a Canadian couple we got to know when they were coming down to the Keys. They’re staying at the Southern Comfort RV resort in Homestead now. Hadn’t seen them in a couple of years. Only stayed a little while and then back to our campsite just in time to see the sun set. 83 today.
Long Pine Key, Everglades NP: A beautiful morning—cool at first but warmed up quickly. When we were here last year we were exploring around and found this abandoned military site of some kind. No one seemed to know what it was, but it was gated and locked up. Turns out it was a Nike missile base that was operational through 1979. Was really important during the Cuban missile crisis. Anyway, they’ve opened it up to the public and today we toured it with a ranger. And the Miami Herald had a reporter and camera crew out there to document it for the paper and their web site. Was a great tour. Took a couple of hours. Before we drove down to the missile site we walked the Anhinga Trail. Saw a bunch of gators, water birds, turtles, and fish. After the tour of the missile base we went into Homestead to hit the Walmart to pick up a couple of things and had dinner at a Mexican restaurant. After dinner we stopped to see a Canadian couple we got to know when they were coming down to the Keys. They’re staying at the Southern Comfort RV resort in Homestead now. Hadn’t seen them in a couple of years. Only stayed a little while and then back to our campsite just in time to see the sun set. 83 today.
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