Posted by John in La on January 01, 2017 at 19:48:38 from (96.33.136.54):
Went to the south east coast of Florida for a few days this past week.
On of the first things I noticed when we got in the state was the interstate fence. For about 250 miles from Pensacola over toward I75 they had a 10 foot fence on the side of the interstate. 4x6 line post and 6x6 pull post.
At first it seemed like a very proactive position the state took to keep deer off the highway. But on the way home I saw the down side. Two yearling deer must have found a hole in the fence or came on at one of the exit ramps and were now trapped on the highway right of way with cars going by at 80 mph.
You turn on 75 south and from there to past Orlando on the turnpike is one big mad house of cars. But once past Orlando we got into more open country. Orange trees; turf grass; and cow pastures. Was weird seeing center pivots in cow pastures with all the rain Florida gets. But if you consider below Orlando is nothing but a big sandbar I guess the water flows away as fast as it rains.
Then we got to our destination out on the east coast. Sand beaches; Sand yards; Sand Sand everywhere. But the constantly blowing sea breeze sure did feel good.
They had the red and purple flags flying when we got there.
Red is for High surf danger and purple is for Dangerous marine life warning. They still had people surf fishing.
And I allowed my 5 year old grandson to play in the water to ankle deep.
Anyone want to venture to guess how long it took this thing to float here. That is a coconut shell.
I did not allow him to venture in to deep though because I found out that the reason they were flying the Dangerous marine life warning flag was because a 16 year old surfer had been bitten by a shark the day before at this very spot.
The weather was a little cool for south Florida (Lows in 50's and highs in 70's) while we were there but I guess if you can find a bougainvillea bush growing in abandon lot it does not get to cold. Bougainvillea is a very tropical plant that will die with just a few hours of 32 degree weather.
But our trip to southern Florida was not all fun and games. We were there on serious business. Say hello to my sixth grandchild "Timmy". First male from a son so we finally have someone to carry on the family name.
This sure has been a great holiday season for me and my family.
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