I drove my Mom to my Uncle’s house yesterday for a visit. In South Florida, there’s only one way across the state…….ALLIGATOR ALLEY. We took the old two lane alligator alley over. I hadn’t been through there since the 70’s. It drives straight through the Everglades. Look to the canals on the side of the road, and there’s gators everywhere sunning themselves. We stopped at a rest area and they had a platform where you could watch them. On the way home last night, we saw a bobcat. No video of him, though.

On a funny note, (which really isn’t funny but you have to laugh or you’ll cry) my Mom has been wanting to visit her brother for some time. She talks about it all the time. I drive 4.5 hours to get there and when we pull in the driveway she says, “Now where are we again?” And my cousin tells me that my Uncle, who is 85, is sneaking around trying to buy a car because he thinks he should still be able to drive. So, if we’re lucky, the two of them won’t hop a bus to a car dealer and drive away.