To my surprise, the path to those pools was crunchy.
That’s when I looked down and saw these freshwater clams.
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| Freshwater clam bed of Barnes Strand |
It’s the closest thing you’ll find to a channel in the swamp,
and as dense a bed of freshwater clams I’ve yet to see.
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| Well-defined channels like this are rare in the Big Cypress Swamp |
Here’s a panoramic photo that gives you a view of where it leads.
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| The channel led to one of the swamp’s few drought-proof spots |
