Sammy's Place

Once a year us guys (the "lost boys") get together for a motorcycle camp-out at Sammy's place.  His pasture land borders on the northern end of Lake Okeechobee, in south central Florida.

Sammy Ferrell's family were in the dairy cow business for over a hundred years - and included all four family generations - until a 60 year old great-grandson, "Sammy", finally retired the business in 1996.  The original family property covered 700 acres.  But now, Sammy's got it down to 140 for grazing cattle - while Sammy's oldest boy, Jason, runs a fruit & vegetable stand just up on the outer edge of their lakeside property, right off of highway 78.

Our annual Saturday night dinner has always been served-up around the campfire with at least 40 head of free-roaming, standing around - mooing cows. And luckily for us, Sammy's good buddy and ours, Mr. "Fuzzy" Fowler (a native & fellow rider), plans-out the dinner menu each year, from whatever local wildlife he's recently caught.

This year - Fresh frog legs dusted with corn meal, gator tail, "crappie" fillets, and hush puppies - and all served up with local produce from the Ferrell family "stand" up on the road.

Sammy's place - rich in heritage, simple in life.

entrance road to Sammy's place

the old "herd" mule for many years, who served his life well

Sammy's old "cracker" house he's still fixing up

Sammy - one of the nicest guy's you'd ever want to meet.  Sammy with two of his grand-kids, Raylan & Kimber, who he "pals-out" with every day.