We had a great trip this summer! It started on Monday June 23rd with Yifat, Charlie and Joy flying out to Fort Lauderdale and Doug driving their across the central Florida swamp to pick them up. I arrived at the airport, just in time to pick them up after their 9:30 PM arrival. It was great to see everybody again, since it had been Memorial day since we had seen each other last. The drive back to Fort Myers was dark and more than a little bit spooky as the Everglades often are at night. There aren't really any towns, and very few man made structures along the long stretch of Alligator Alley (Route 75). The darkness engulfed us and it seemed that the world ended beyond the reach of our headlights. We drove through large swarms of plump juicy bugs that made it hard to see through the windshield after a while. When we stopped at one of the few gas stations along the 2 hour drive I popped out to wash the windshield but quickly retreated as the bugs were thick under the lights. I was taking shallow breaths, afraid that if I inhaled any harder I would suck one of the tightly circling insects into my mouth or nose. Yuck!
It was around midnight when we got to Fort Myers. The kids crashed on my bed and Yifat and I went to the nearby budget hotel. We were too tired to deal with the sofa bed in the living room. The next several days, she and the kids led a lazy life. Yifat drove me to work in the morning and brought back Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast but the kids did not usually wake until it was time for us to meet for lunch!
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