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  This view of the river can be seen by travelers from the vantage point of I-10 between Tallahassee and Pensacola.
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  Blackwater streams are found in sandy lowlands, mostly in the Panhandle.
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  The boat house is flanked by walkways.
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  Most of the homes on the bluff have a fishing pier.
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  The inlet is protected from the bay.
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  A flock of cattle heron enjoy the temporary marshland after summer rains.
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  The sun rises over the temporary lake at Admiral Mason Park.
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  The oaks drape over the water and form a tunnel of twisted shapes.
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  The Coldwater River flows at an average depth of two feet over a soft, sandy bottom through the Blackwater State Forest.
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  The camp store is perched over the Coldwater River swamp on piers. The walkway access can be seen above.
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  The view of the deck adjacent to the camp store shows an ample supply of seating arrangements from rocking chairs and swings to picnic tables.
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  Miles of narrow roads connect the cabins with the main camp buildings.
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  Wolfe Creek is adjacent to several cabins built on the waters edge.
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  The Honeysuckle cabin features a porch front view of Wolfe Creek.
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  Common wildlife includes several species of salamanders and snakes as well as the wild turkey, southern flying squirrel, great horned owl, eastern screech owl, barred owl, pileated woodpecker, gray fox, bobcat and white tailed deer.
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  Water oak, overcup oak, diamond-leaf oak, water hickory, sugarberry, several species of ash, American sycamore and river birch are among the more commonly seen trees.
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  The entrance to the home is accessible over a quaint wooden bridge with a key code at the gate.
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  The wooden bridge is built across a wetland area. which forms a development buffer between the shoreline homes and a subdivision to the north.
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  This is a southeast view of the home taken from the wetland area.
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  The facade of the home faces the wetland. The front door is on the second floor landing.
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  Saw palmettos form part of the undergrowth in the area near the river.
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  Boardwalk crosses a swampy area near the Perdido River.
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  The view of Mackey Bay faces south.
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  Tom Roush is sitting on a large cypress stump.
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  The Swamp House has been on the Escambia River for a very long time. There are houseboats that have been moored on the river and provided homes, and the river has been shelter for boat owners seeking a safe habor during hurricanes since 1553 when Don Tristan De Luna sailed some of his doomed ships into the same waterways.
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  The bait shop and food store is below the main building that serves as a residence for the owners.
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  In the summer, the parking area is covered with trucks and empty boat trailers as fishermen use the marina to launch in to the Escambia Bay to fish.
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  In the distance are boats pushed through the reeds and destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. Hurricanes have formed the background and shaped the history of Pensacola from the first settlement.
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  In the biology of trees, a cypress knee is a distinctive structure in a root of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamil Taxodioideae. A likely function is that of structural support and stabilization and assist in anchoring the tree in the soft, muddy soil.
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  Hundreds of species of neo-tropical migrant birds move through Florida’s coastal area utilizing large undeveloped land of the National Seashore for stop-over foraging and rest.
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  Deer abound is the protected habitat on the Gulf Islands National Seashore.