En Plein Air: Wilderness by the Canal (Oil 12 x 20)

I went to Wheeler Road this morning. It was a great day. Even though there are quite a few professionals living on both sides of the road, mainly it is farm land. Therefore, people have to have to let some loose cows graze on their properties as tax breakers. On the east side behind these farms there is a big canal. If I am not wrong, it is Hendry County beyond the canal. Between the canal and the farms there is a tenth-mile-wide area which runs like a belt along the canal. The government sends workers to cut weeds if they are too high. I have no idea how the land is to be used, possibly for high-voltage power cable or other developments. For now, people simply help themselves to it. Some ride dirt bikes; others went fishing in the canal. Trucks run on the land and cut their tracks along the canal. It was nice to be in the wide-open space and enjoy the sun.