We were up and out on a 26 mile loop road early in the day. We stopped at several places where we could see a bit into the swamp and watched lots of birds and gators. Then back across the Big Cypress to a few other spots for watching wildlife. We then stumbled into a “didn’t know that was there” place at the end of route 29. We were at Everglades City a pretty little town in the midst of water. Finally on to the very end of the road, Chockoloskee, at an old store (c.1906) that served this community for nearly a century. Rusty (as in R U S T Y Harman of Clermont, Fl) found us lunch at a really good sea food place, Camelia Street Grill, on the water and we had excellent tacos of various kinds. With a couple more stops at waysides on the way back we called it an early day as it was getting very warm and headed back to the campground by four. A lively game night ensued post dinner where I did not win.
The Engaged Cadillac
This is an awesome place. They have large, leftover dinosaurs called gators. And tons of weird birds. And lots of swamp water and great new grasses for experimental lattes. What a find! I am sure these will be the talk of Alaska once Cups & Cones gets open. There has been a paucity of ice cream on this trip. (The Driver tried to pass off little bricks wrapped in paper but we are not accepting that as actual ice cream.) I guess we will get that soon. Meanwhile off to the swamp to gather exotic ferns and grasses for the next batch of lattes.
