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                       Africa USA fifty-four years later
                                        
This afternoon, Spring [1] sprung a surprise straggle—why not visit Africa
USA [2]? Or rather, what's left of Africa USA [3].

It was fairly easy to find and get to, despite it appearing like a gated
community (there were, in fact, no closed gates, and the gate house itself
was devoid of anything). The only structure left from the park is a bridge,
leading to an overgrown patch of land with a decaying asphalt walkway. The
bridge to Monkey Island has long since fallen apart.

Fortunately for us, no velociraptors were left when the park closed.

[Africa USA—now Camino Gardens] [4]
 [5] 
 [Although it's not very well guarded for a gated community] [6]
 [7] 
 [It is surrounded by Soviet style apartment buildings] [8]
 [9] 
 [Making it a kind of “Soviet Bloc” if you will] [10]
 [11] 
 [Welcome to all that's left of Africa USA] [12]
 [13] 
 [Nice, but it's still a private park] [14]
 [15] 
 [About the only structure remaining from Africa USA] [16]
 [17] 
 [“Head on through to the other side”] [18]
 [19] 
 [Looking back at civilization] [20]
 [21] 
 [Reminds me of Poca Boca in a way] [22]
 [23] 
 [The bridge to Monkey Island is no longer around] [24]
 [25] 
 [although with the water level like this, you might not need a bridge to get
to Monkey Island] [26]
 [27] 
 [Signs of civilization are nearby though] [28]
 [29] 
 [Some very impressive Royal Palms] [30]
 [31] 
 [The end of the path] [32]
 [33] 
 [The end of the path at Africa USA leads to the Soviet Bloc] [34]
 [35] 
 [Some of the vegetation overgrowth at Africa USA] [36]
 [37] 
 [More overgrowth of vegetation] [38]
 [39] 

[1] http://www.springdew.com/
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2007/01/17.1
[3] http://www.africa-usa.com/
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210003.jpg
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210003.jpg
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210005.jpg
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210005.jpg
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210006.jpg
[9] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210006.jpg
[10] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210007.jpg
[11] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210007.jpg
[12] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210010.jpg
[13] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210010.jpg
[14] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210011.jpg
[15] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210011.jpg
[16] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210014.jpg
[17] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210014.jpg
[18] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210016.jpg
[19] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210016.jpg
[20] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210018.jpg
[21] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210018.jpg
[22] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210019.jpg
[23] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210019.jpg
[24] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210020.jpg
[25] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210020.jpg
[26] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210024.jpg
[27] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210024.jpg
[28] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210028.jpg
[29] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210028.jpg
[30] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210032.jpg
[31] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210032.jpg
[32] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210037.jpg
[33] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210037.jpg
[34] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210038.jpg
[35] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210038.jpg
[36] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210041.jpg
[37] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210041.jpg
[38] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/thumb.p1210042.jpg
[39] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/21/p1210042.jpg

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