Thursday, March 5, 2009

Naples, Florida - February 27-March 2, 2009

We left Fort Myers and headed south just a little ways down to Naples, where we spent the weekend at an RV resort that is just being built and will be a super fancy resort when and if they ever complete it (with the economy being so bad, these fancy resorts are losing lots of money). Since we were only there for the weekend, we didn't mind not having a pool. The view we had from our motor home was beautiful, especially at sunset. Since we only had a few days in Naples, we headed to the beach the day after we got down there. The beach was beautiful, but the walk down to the beach passing all the huge beautiful homes was incredible. One of the things we like to do when we're out walking is to try & find the little chameleons that are always climbing around the trees and shrubbery. I couldn't believe it when one held still long enough for George to get this picture of it. Isn't he cute?? On Sunday, we headed down to Everglades National Park to do some gator watching. Boy, can those things move in the water! I couldn't believe how fast they swam. I'm just glad that they aren't found near the beaches. On the road down to the Everglades, there were signs posted on the roads stating to be careful not to hit the panthers. I guess the Florida panther is an endangered species around here. I never knew they existed, but we did see this huge one at one of the roadside tourist attractions so decided to take a picture of it since we never did see a live one! On Monday, we leave Naples & head to the Atlantic side of Florida to Port St. Lucie. It's not a tourist area so life should be a little more relaxing once we get there!

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