We have had a houseful of kids & grandkids over the holidays, so I am just getting this posted.    Great trip to the Everglades.  Hubby warned me there would be mangroves for miles.  He wasn't kidding.  We paddled a total of 48 miles over 5 days, and camped 4 nights.  Our campsites included platforms ("chickees" they call them, although not technically correct) over the river, a riverside campsite at an abandoned homesite (the Watson Place*), and a beachside campsite on Pavilion Key.