Friday, January 30, 2009
On the way home.
Our computer was not dead after all--but by the time we got it working we were past the realm of wireless internet. We have been at Everglades National Park for 3 nights--$8 / night no frills camping. We loved it, but it was hot and muggy and there were bugs (though on a scale of 1-10 bugginess they said it was a 1) We spent yesterday heading down to the Keys and out to sea. Everyone we met said we had to go to John Pennecamp SP and take the glass bottom boat trip out to the coral reef--so we've done that. It was way cool but didn't make it out any farther onto the Keys. Today we drove for 8 hours and Tonight we are at a KOA just off the freeway headed north--planning to eat dinner at Denny's if you can believe it. We've found some interesting restaurants in small towns but they always seem to close before dinner time.
I'm not having luck getting photos to post at this time so here's a bit more about our week since Disney. We stopped one night in a State Park where we got a spot in the "wilderness" and woke up to runners jogging past our site--there was some kind of run--half marathon --in the park. We spent one night in Fort Myers at a nice "destination park" --I think I may have written about that already. Then we went on to Marco Island to visit Kit's friend Kelly and Jan. We stayed in a room 3 times the size of our RV and got spoiled. They took us out in their boat onto the gulf to see the shoreline. I have photos when I can get them to work. The next night the island where we stayed was totally different--laid back old Florida. It was called Chokoloskee Island. From there we went down to the Everglades.
The big surprise it that the everglades are more prairie and pinelands than swamp--from our perspective. There is a lot of water around the edges. There are a LOT of alligators andbirds. We saw lots of anhingas which are a lot like our neighborhood cormorants. The park is surrounded by farmland and not by city. Leaving this morning we got caught in farm worker traffic.
I was wondering why all the oranges in the grocery store are California navels and not Florida oranges. I now believe that Florida oranges go mainly into juice. I got some at a fruit stand and they are unlovely but very juicy.
I'm not having luck getting photos to post at this time so here's a bit more about our week since Disney. We stopped one night in a State Park where we got a spot in the "wilderness" and woke up to runners jogging past our site--there was some kind of run--half marathon --in the park. We spent one night in Fort Myers at a nice "destination park" --I think I may have written about that already. Then we went on to Marco Island to visit Kit's friend Kelly and Jan. We stayed in a room 3 times the size of our RV and got spoiled. They took us out in their boat onto the gulf to see the shoreline. I have photos when I can get them to work. The next night the island where we stayed was totally different--laid back old Florida. It was called Chokoloskee Island. From there we went down to the Everglades.
The big surprise it that the everglades are more prairie and pinelands than swamp--from our perspective. There is a lot of water around the edges. There are a LOT of alligators andbirds. We saw lots of anhingas which are a lot like our neighborhood cormorants. The park is surrounded by farmland and not by city. Leaving this morning we got caught in farm worker traffic.
I was wondering why all the oranges in the grocery store are California navels and not Florida oranges. I now believe that Florida oranges go mainly into juice. I got some at a fruit stand and they are unlovely but very juicy.
# posted by Carol Harma @ 2:07 PM 
