De Soto National Memorial- Bradenton Florida Date of Visit December 7, 2010
It was Pearl Harbor Memorial Day, so the US Flag was at half staff. It was really windy during my visit, and the temperature was about 52 degrees. Not very many visitors here today.
The park is right on a peninsula, where it is believed that De Soto and his men camped when they came up from Cuba, looking for Gold. Never did find any after looking for 4 years.....
This reminded me of Congaree National Park in SC! A very eager volunteer talked me into taking the nature trail, and I'm glad I did. There were some very nice interpretations of how life was back in the day.
This is representative of the area, and how they maintain the trail.
This I believe is park number 102 or 103, I also got a pin and some postcards to mail.
