Hey you guys in FL, thanks for the firsthand info; it is very interesting.  FL is so different from the terrain I'm usually in (Appalachian mountains).  However as a young pup I lived in SE FL and used to go into the Glades with my dad.  I would walk on the gravel roads built up next to the major canals.  Tame by your standards but quite exciting to a 12 year old.  I remember seeing t-storms far in the distance making their way across the sky over the grasses; awesome.
I just may need to make a trip down there (in winter!) to see it again.