Wife and I were fortunate enough to take a short visit to a warmer place. But as many know, the strange winter we are having made this southern part of Florida cooler than normal.
I guess if you are already up to your ass in alligators, you might want to move along. We didn't see any of those but we saw interesting wildlife.
Mother-in-law plays snowbird for a month and we went down to stay with her for a bit. We were in the Bonita Springs FL. area.
Mother-in-law plays snowbird for a month and we went down to stay with her for a bit. We were in the Bonita Springs FL. area.
She stays at this very nice complex that has a boardwalk going through a marsh and into a small bay. Here's one of the busy spots in the complex.
I met the local tortoise while strolling around the complex.
The weather was nice the day we went to nearby Delnor Wiggins State Park.
Can you figure out the decorations in this mangrove shrub?
The most surprising sighting was the armadillo. I didn't know they lived in southern Florida. I have seen them before in Texas and Missouri. But here in the swamp/marsh were at least two armadillos. This one went right under the boardwalk I was standing on.
As you can see NOT all the accommodations were five star.
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One just one more thing --
The flight back gave me a chance to try out the inflight internet service offered by Aircell. Last year I was able to try out the Row 44 service on Alaska Air. Besides using this Aircell service for the first time, I also was using a Ipod touch to browse the web. The small size is great for looking at stuff and reading blogs but it's not easy to leave comments with the virtual keyboard. I played this little game at the beginning and won which gave me a free internet session on this flight. It normally would be $7.95.
Getting on the internet during a long night flight helps make the flight go by quickly (and I think more interesting than the non-stop talker next to my wife).
Getting on the internet during a long night flight helps make the flight go by quickly (and I think more interesting than the non-stop talker next to my wife).
If you are wondering why I mention this inflight experience you need to read the background of this blog (follow the link above).
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