Wayfarin' Journey: Today While the Blossoms Still Cling to the Vine Manatees, Stingrays and Sand Castles

Pat isn't taking up the slack. What can I say??? We have seen many friends and family on the way, all kinds of wildlife including alligators (oh hum. I use to swim with them, playing King on the Mountain rafts, growing up in a swamp in Orlando. You could not get me to be so stupid now a-days.) The manatees nice (that is one in the photo) and Everglade birds super and of course Mosquitoes. We saw a huge stingray today as well. Pat and I took lessons on how to make the BEST sand castles as in award winning..However like anything else you need practice..(SEE Below). When the teacher asked us what we thought they looked like well one thing came up in our minds but because children were present we didn't say what we were thinking.
We are camping mostly in hammocks even here in the KEYS. Hammocks are Palmettos, Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Snakes, Panthers(very few left in Florida),Black Bears (50 are killed each year on highways-one campground had electric fence around the dumpster), Racoons, Deer and Mosquitoes. The Mosquitoes and Humidity remind me why I so much didn't mind leaving Florida 36 years ago when Pat announced we were moving to Long Island.
Weather: It hasn't been as cold as Long Island but guess what it hasn't been as SUNNY as you would think. Today was only the 3rd day in all of our travels it wasn't rainy or overcast all day. Global Warming Folks!!!! See all the photos below. I need another Margarita...Love and peace Stefani

We saw Pileated Wood Peckers in the Cypress Swamp below, bald eagles, alligators, lots of aquatic plants like Sagittaria (that is another story about the old days), ...Pat is standing at Bahia Honda close by where we saw the Stingray. the rule is get out of the water if you see a shark and shuffle your feet to avoid the stingrays.