Big Cypress National Preserve #2

Spotted on our self-guided tour through the preserve: alligators, turtles, and one magnificent owl. Plus lots of other birds, and fish.

Big Cypress National Preserve #1

Big Cypress is part of the Everglades ecosystem, and actually has retained more of the original swamps and vegetation. We did a lovely back country drive and saw the things we wanted to see - just incredible scenery and gazillions of bromeliads blooming.

Everglades #2

Yesterday we checked out the area around our RV park. We are on the north edge of the Everglades and adjacent to the Big Cypress National Preserve. So much to see & do! We got in some great alligator watching and also saw several manatees, but they were  too distant and too shy  to get pictures with my tablet.

Everglades #1

This is where we are, a little RV park that is a tropical paradise. These are shots of our 'yard'.

Florida Stop #4

Today we moved from central Florida to the north edge of the Everglades.  We weren't real comfortable with the place we had reserved a spot - their web site was lacking, as was the information imparted when we called. But we were lucky to even find a place to park our rig, so we took it.

Well, Glory Be! We landed in a little tropical paradise! We are delighted with the location, the RV park, and especially our space!

I'll take some pictures tomorrow.

Florida Stop #3

We moved from White Springs to near Haines City Florida, staying at a big old rv park on Lake Lowrey - about the tightest spot we've ever had but Jamie managed to get the trailer parked. . . eventually.

As we moved south we found the people and the traffic. I always thought Arizona had a gazillion snowbirds, but it's nothing compared to Florida. Huge rv parks here and you are challenged to find a spot if you don't reserve at least a year in advance, which would really cramp our style. We feel lucky to have found places to park and are happy to take what we get.

Next week we'll move down to the Everglades.

Florida update

This week we moved from inlaws' land near Marianna to a pretty nice little (only 7 rv sites) place near White Springs in north-central Florida.

The devastation from Hurricane Michael is incomprehensible, unless you have experienced hurricanes. Photos can't capture it. The millions of trees that were snapped off or uprooted might never be cleared; however, an incredible amount of clearing transpired while we were there. We helped with that, loading many tons of logs into the dump trailer and hauling to the ditch where FEMA contractors pick up and haul away to designated sites. Four months after Michael much has been accomplished but it has made only a small dent in the recovery.