Thursday, February 18, 2016

Local Parks, Canoeing and time at the Beach

Mon Feb 15, 2016:  We headed West today towards Naples.  Our first stop was at


A wonderful walk around the park.  They have a contraption that dug the Tamiami Road



lots of history here in South Florida


got a bit hungry walking around, we stopped for some very good ribs...


It was time to take the truck in for a bit of preventive maintenance, although minor it takes at least 90 minutes to complete..

We had time to take one more walk around a lake at


great little park with a cute beach and great walking path.

Tues: today began with Tornado warnings and strong storms that passed pretty quickly.  Spent a little time trying to figure out our route home.  I think I got us out of Florida.  We went for a drive around the Preserve.  We seen lots and lots of Alligators, all sizes, from 2 feet to 10 feet..

Purple Gallinule


American Bittern trying to hide in the tall grass


Wed: We went back to Collier-Seminole SP to rent a canoe.  3 hours for $16 is a pretty good deal around here.


Beautiful river


Since we were so far west already we headed to Goodland for dinner


dinner at Stan's


fun place to eat, my shrimp was just so-so, Eric's grouper was pretty good!


Thurs:  Today was Naples Beach day!  We left home at 7:00 am, a stop for breakfast and CVS took 4 hours!  By the time we got to the beach it was after 11:00!  the weather was perfect for a nice relaxing day at the beach.

our spot of paradise


time to go in the water


we only went in up to our knees.  the water was a bit cool.

back to work tomorrow....

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