A Little R & R

While snowflakes have been falling at home,

I have been hanging out 

in South Florida.

The weather there was unseasonably cool,
(cold for those who call Florida home),

but at least no snow.

We started and finished our trip

on the west coast, the gulf side.

We stayed in a cottage yards away from

the beach and slept to the sound

 of the waves.

 We searched for prehistoric shark teeth

along the beaches,

 

and

 did the shell seeker stoop.

We visited with friends who

thought the best way to get to dinner

 

was via their boat along the 

Intercoastal waterway.

It was the most interesting way I think I've ever
 

gone to a restaurant.

You couldn't worry about what

your hair looked like when you got there, though.

Our daughter met us over in Naples over the weekend

and it was fun to act like tourists.

First we visited

Thomas Edison's and Henry Ford's Winter

Estate and Gardens in Fort Meyers.

Really lovely gardens.

One of Edison's lab

These were two very interesting men

who changed the world.

And what else do you want to see when you're in 

southern Florida?

Why the Everglades, of course.

And what do you find in the Everglades?

Why alligators, of course.

Sometimes you have to wrestle them
into submission,

and other times just
quietly walk around them

when they're blocking the path.

The most exciting new thing we got to see

were the manatees.

Well, in reality
we saw their noses
and a shadow of their bodies.

But if I were underwater

 this is what I would see.
Aren't they cute?

 You also need to be constantly searching for
the illusive flamingo.

Boy, were we ever lucky
we saw a whole flock.

Until Next Time-