JIM KERN MAKING HISTORY

Photos

18 Hiking the bank of Lake Okeechobee near Moore Haven

20 Lynn Kern and 5 year-old Jimmy say farewell to dad at 40-Mile Bend on Highway 41

20 Jim and McGregor Smith Jr.

21 Miami Herald page 1

22 An Explorer Scout troop accompanies Jim and Mac Smith at their departure point on the Tamiami Trail.

22 Mac Smith attending to foot problems.

23 Miami Herald page 2

24 Airboats were needed where a dike ended. The hikers got a lift to the next dike going north.

25 Miami Herald page 3

26 Jim Kern in red shirt crossing Fisheating Creek with scouts.

27 Some of the wild citrus was sweet.

27 Ross Allen brought two students and joined the hike north from Palmdale.

28 The last 100 yards to Highlands Hammock State Park where the adventure ended.

28 Jim kept a log while enroute.

All photos courtesy of Jim Kern