Touring Florida

Up early this morn for the continental breakfast at the hotel.

The big news on the television this morning was the freezing temperatures they were experiencing in Florida. It was freezing the citrus crops, and many of the vegetables.

Our plane doesn't leave till 11:30 tonight, so we plan on seeing the state of Florida today. (should be no problem as it's not near as big as Alberta)

After breakfast the 6 of us drove west of the city into the everglades where we took a 45 minute everglade tour on an air boat. It was a little cool but we were used to it.

We then drove around the outskirts of Miami till we found a fruit stand, U-pick operation. We stopped bought some fruit, picked some frozen strawberries, and toured other vegetable crops.

Next we drove down to the Florida keys to see what they we all about. We stopped at a seafood restaurant for late lunch and then headed back to the city. Elna and I knew of a neat fruit stand out in the country that we found last year, so we stopped there on the way back. They were doing a live TV report about the frost when we got there.

We then headed back to the hotel for our bags as we had checked out before we left this morn. We then drove to a Mexican restaurant where we met a friend of Rod and Shelly's for supper.

Then off to the airport to pick up my suitcase, which had just came in from Houston. I opened it to get a few things out of it, including my laptop and my carry on bag. (See yesterdays picture)

We then checked in and met up with the rest of our new friends.

Our flight leaves at 11:30 PM tonight, so if we want to sleep tonight it has to be on the plane.