Sometimes events happen like hearing about the loss of a
friend from years past or passing through a neighborhood where someone once
lived that trigger memories. All these things got Harry and I reminiscing about
John, a friend from long ago that we had lost touch with. With a little help
from the Internet, we realized last year we had traveled close to where John
lived and near to where we would be on this trip so we reached out, connected
and had a wonderful time meeting John’s wife Daintry and kids, Trent, Slade and
Apollo.
Moving further south the next day, we settled at South Bay
Campground on the southern end of Lake Okeechobee. This campground has access
to the levy with very good sites and facilities. I dragged Nina out at sunrise
to the top of the levy with my scope and spotted my first Limpkin for the
season. Rumor had it Peter and Diane were headed to Miami with a cooler full of
lobsters so off we went that morning.
