ON WHAT FEW LANDS WE STILL HAVE LEFT TO AIRBOAT AND THE FUTURE OF OUR KIDS EVER EVEN HAVIN A PLACE TO RUN THERE OWN AIRBOAT..WE HAVE ALREADY LOST SO MUCH AIRBOAT HUNTING AND FLORIDA HERITAGE THAT THEY WILL NEVER GET TO EXPERINCE, BECAUSE THAT WAY OF LIFE WE USED TO ENJOY ONLY 10-15-20 YEARS AGO IS GONE FOREVER..MAN IT MAKES ME AND IM SURE ALL THE LOCALS OF SOUTH FLORIDA SICK TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE LOST IN SO SHORT OF TIME..I WAS LOOKING THRU SOME OF MY OLD-PICS OF AIRBOAT AND TRACK HUNT'S OFF MIAMI CANAL AND HOLLYLANDS ALL THE WAY NORTH INTO THE SOD AND CANE FIELDS AND THEN CAME ON THE T.V A COMMERCIAL FOR THE (ARMY-CORE OF IDIOTS !!) AND HOW THERE RETURNING THE KISSIMMEE RIVER BACK TO ITS NATURAL FLOWING SELF..I DIDNT NO RATHER TO LAUGH OR PUKE !! IT BAFFLES MY MIND THAT WE THE TAXPAYERS PAID THEM TO RUIN IT BY DIGGING AND DAMIN CANALS THAT RUINED ANOTHER FREE FLOWING RIVER AND MARSH SYSTEM JUST LIKE THEY DID IN THE GLADES AND TO THE LAKE .AND NOW WE LET THEM BACK IN AGAIN TO TRY TO PUT IT BACK RIGHT ?? HAVE US HUNTERS AND AIRBOATERS EVER SEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT ON OUR HUNTING AND AIRBOATING LANDS ?? YA RIGHT !! WE LOSE MORE EVERY YEAR.. JUST THINK OF ALL THE GREAT HUNTING AND AIRBOATING WE LOST TO THE STATE PARK, IT WASNT THAT LONG AGO YOU COULD HOGHUNT AND CAMP ALL YEAR AROUND ON THE RIVER WHERE YOU WANTED TO.DANG DONT GET ME STARTED ON (WATER-MIS-MANAGEMENT).AND THE EVERGLADES PARKS SERVICE AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO US IN THE GLADES I TRULY BELEVE THAT OF ALL THE HUNTERS AND AIRBOATERS THAT THE MIAMI AND BROWARD GUYS HAVE HAD THE MOST TOOK FROM THEM AND HAVE ALMOST PUT A END TO ALL THERE FLORIDA HERITAGE AND WAY OF LIFE BY THE GOVERMENT..FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FROM SOUTH FLORIDA YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR THE GOVERMENT TO TELL YOU ONE DAY THAT YOU CAN NO LONGER HUNT OR AIRBOAT IN THE AREAS YOUR FATHER AND GRANDFATHER TOOK YOU AND YOU CAN NO LONGER RUN THE FULL-TRACK YOU HAVE EVERY DIME YOU EVER SAVED IN AND ALL THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK YOUR FAMILY PUT INTO THEM BECAUSE IT WAS THERE PASSION AND WAY OF LIFE ..LOOK JUST A FEW YEARS AGO HOW THEY TRICKED US IN BROWN'S FARM , THEY LET US RUN OUR BUGGY;S AND BOATS IN THERE GIVE US THE DOE HUNTS AND MERCY HUNTS... THEN THE NEXT YEAR HEY HOPE YOU GUY'S ENJOYED IT BECAUSE BROWNS FARM IS NOW CLOSED FOREVER TO YA..AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO EXPERINCE IT 1ST HAND TO TRULY FEEL THE PAIN AND ANGER TO FIND OUT THE GOVERMENT IS TAKING YOUR HUNT CAMP FROM YOU, THAT FOR EVERY WEEKEND FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN REMEMBER YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN TOTIN WOOD AND EVERY OTHER PEICE OF MATERIAL BOAT LOAD BY BOAT LOAD BY AIRBOAT SOME AS FAR AS 30 MILES FROM THE RAMP , AND BULIT THESE CAMPS BY HAND , MOST WITH NO MORE THEN A BUCKET OF NAILS A EASTWING AND A HAND SAW!! I KNOW I HAVE SPENT MORE HOURS THEN I CAN COUNT STANDING ON-TOP A AIRBOAT GRASSRAKE BEATIN 4X4'S IN THE MUCK WITH A SLEDGE, MOST OF THE TIME SCABIN TWO 8" 4X4'S TOGETHER BEFORE HITTIN SOLID GROUND AND HAND SAWIN 2X6 PRESS..TREATED PLANKS ALL DAY, BY FAR THE MOST REWARDING WORK I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE VERY FEW TO OWN OR BE PART OF A CAMP WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY IN THE THE GLADES AND TO HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO HAVE COUNTLESS GREAT TIMES AND MEMORYS OF CAMPIN AND COOKING AND FISHIN AND HUNTING IS THE MOST PRICELESS THING IN THE WORLD IN MY EYES !! BAM !! THEN ONE DAY WATER-MIS-MANAGEMENT OR THE PARK SERVICE SAY'S YOUR A COUPLE FEET OFF BOUNDS WERE TAKING YOUR CAMP !! AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER THE GREAT CAMPS IN THE LAKE PARK MARSH, SAME THING, TOLD WE CANT GO OUT THERE FENCED IT OFF AND NOW ITS THE PLAYPEN FOR CITY LEADERS FAMILY AND GAME AND FISH OFFICERS TO RUN THERE AIRBOATS AS THEY PLEASE!! ITS SICK WHAT THEY HAVE DONE!! ..AND YES SIR CANEFAN AND COWBOY I GREW UP REAL CLOSE TO YOUR FATHERS PLACE ON HALL RD.. IVE LIVED OFF 140TH AND OFF OF KEYLIME AND I 1ST MOVED TO THE ACREAGE IN THE LATE 80'S EARLY 90'S WITH MY FATHER OFF OF AVACADO..BACK THEN THERE WERE JUST A HANDFUL OF HOUSES OUT THERE, WE USED TO RUN BUGGY'S AND BOATS IN OKEECHOBEE WOODS, THE MARSH , RUNNIN WATER..THEN LATER IN KEEP-OUT, THE SQUARES , THE TOWERS ,SADLY ALL DONE NOW BROTHER..HELL UP INTILL A COUPLE YEARS AGO I STILL DROVE MY BUGGY FROM MY HOUSE OUT TO THE CORBIT AREA TO HUNT 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK, NOW IT SEEMS IF YOU BACK YOUR BUGGY OUT OF YOUR YARD AND EVEN THINK OF DRIVING DOWN A DIRT ROAD THERES A COP WAITIN ON YA...SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY THING EVEN CLOSE TO THE WAY PALM BEACH COUNTY USED TO BE IS GETTING TO GO TO MIAMI CANAL IN MAY OR FOR THE BROWARD RUN BUT HELL THATS JUST A COUPLE WEEKENDS A YEAR. .. I THOUGHT I HAD ALL I COULD TAKE OF IT , I SOLD MY BUGGY,AIRBOAT AND HOUSE .BOUGHT 16 ACRES IN NORTH FLORIDA (MADISON) AND MOVED UP THERE , I WAS GONNA GIVE UP THE SWAMP'S AND BOATS AND BUGGYS....LOL ....DIDNT LAST 6 MONTHS , CAME HOME FOR A VISIT STOPPED AT LAKE CYPRESS AND HEARD THEM BOATS COMIN IN FROM THE MORNING HUNT AND THAT WAS ALL SHE WROTE... I LOOKED AT THE OLDLADY AND TOLD HER TO START PACKING WERE COMIN HOME.......LOL... I JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE IN ST.LUCIE COUNTY AND THEN A IO-O470 ANGLE VALVE AND AM NOW STARTIN A NEW BOAT...MAN I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK TO (SLIDIN-AND -GLIDIN) SO MY SOUL CAN REST.....DANG SORRY ABOUT THE LONG POST BUT YOU GUY'S KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU GET A CRACKER TALKIN ABOUT THE OLD DAYS AND HIS PASSIONS...........MAYBE WE SHOULD WRITE A BOOK LIKE (THE LAND REMEMBERD ) WILL CALL IT ( THE FLORIDA AIRBOATER LONG FORGOTTEN ) , ID DAMN SURE BUY IT !! LATER GUY'S