We've spent the last 3 weeks in Florida at Mom's house celebrating the holidays. It was a good time. We did lots of shopping, cooking, eating, relaxing and TV watching. We did a bit of tourism by visiting art shows in Estero and Naples and taking a guided tour of the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park.
It was a long drive to and from Copeland for the Fakahatchee tour but we made a day of it. Google Maps mislead us to arrive 45 minutes early so we took a preview ride in the car before boarding the tram for the naturalist-led ride. We saw a lot of alligators that day! It was interesting. There is a voluntary $3 per car entry fee and the tour itself must be booked in advance at $27.28 pp online. It was lucky that we were with a tour group of only 8. We drove out on I-75 and back on 41 to see the boardwalk portion of the park with a bonus of finding the Hanes Outlet Store. Sorry no photos. Clay did not take a camera and used his cell phone. His photos go directly online, but they are private and under his log in. I just haven't figured out a good way to get to them to post any here. Sorry!
We were delayed returning home by a bomb cyclone occurring on the East Coast the night we had planned to drive home. So, we remained in the relative cold of SW Florida while Raleigh broke a 1982 cold streak record by over 40 hours at about 220 hours at or below freezing. We drove home Sunday night/Monday on the first day over freezing. It was fine. The house was cold but fine. Clay meant to unplug the backyard pond's fountain but forgot and we saw more ice there than anywhere else!
Little Bob hits the road
Little Bob hits the road
