Biking in the Everglades

 

It took a while to get started today. Roman picked us up around 10ish then headed to his house to pick up the bikes, Finally on the road by 11:30. Stopped for lunch which took just about forever. I won't even go into why. At last, we arrived at Shark Valley National Park, Everglades and headed down the bike path. This is really a wonderful experience. The pictures really speak for themselves. To view them, click on the photo album on the left.

We saw a variety of beautiful birds - some you could get up real close to see. And the alligators - well they're alligators and they were everywhere! The loop around the park is 15 miles. Not that much, but we were all pretty tired at the end. Fortunately, we had great weather for biking. Some sun and clouds with a bit of a windy breeze at times.

Roman gave us a mini-tour of Coral Gables the way home. We stopped off at a local TexMex place for a quick dinner then it was back to the hotel. Just in time to catch the Celtics/Lakers game. As I type this, Ray Allen has just beaten Reggie Miller's 3pt record. Go RAY!!

Tomorrow Geoff and I will venture out and explore Coconut Grove and if it is nice hang around the pool till it is time to checkout. Then we move to Roman's house. It feels real good to get out of the cold and to be able to do stuff outside!

Next time... The move to Coral Gables