Some places in Florida make you forget you are still in Florida. A thousand feet of boardwalk stretches over dark water, leading into a cypress swamp where the trees have been standing for centuries.
The roots rise out of the water like crooked fingers frozen in time. The trunks are so wide that you could press your back against one and still not touch the other side.
The moss hangs low enough to brush your shoulders, and the water is so still that it mirrors the sky in patches. Birds call from somewhere deep in the canopy, and the only other sound is the soft thud of your own footsteps on wood…