day 15

Florida City to Live Oak Florida 507 miles
We started out by going through the everglades, it is a very interesting eco-system. Saw an alligator, a very big turtle, some deer and a lot of hawks. The grasslands and scrub pine are very interesting. Did not see any of the snakes that are here. I did talk to a maintenance person at one of the rest stops and she said the she had recently seen rattlesnakes, cottonmouth water mocassins coral snakes, and even more recently a black bear. We stopped in Punta Gorda briefly to see Dr Springer a retired ENT physician who had praciticed for awhile in Moses Lake We had a brief but nice visit then on the road again. We were back to I-75 up the west side of Florida. There were even some hills. The had trees and pasture on them. Not much for hills, but it was a change from the swamp that is most of Florida. Made it to I-10 then the heat and humidity told us that we had had enough for the day.