Florida

Well! It sure is good to be home! We went to Florida with a group from our church last week. What a time we had! There were 19 of us on our church bus. We left Tuesday, March 16 at about 6:30 a.m. and got to Ft. Myers, FL around 7:00 that evening. Everyone was so tired of riding!

On Wednesday we went to the Evergaldes, to a place called Billie Swamp Safari. It is on the Seminole Indian Reservation and is a very interesting place to go. You learn how the Seminole Indians did things many years ago when they first came to Florida. The tour guide rides you through the Everglades on swamp buggies. The Evergaldes are a swampy mess for several months of the year.

The swamp buggy that was ahead of ours.

There are animals at Billie Swamp Safari. Kind of like a mini zoo.

This turtle was eating this cabbage.

Aren't these baby pigs cute? Our tour guide called them bacon bits.

Wednesday evening we went to Sanibel Island ,FL. It is a beautiful island on the Gulf of Mexico, way more beautiful that any of the beaches here in North Carolina. It's usually very warm in Florida in March, but it was pretty chilly this time.

Grandma & Grandpa in front of an orange tree. The orange trees were loaded and beautiful.

This is our group at the Alva Docks, the town that Andrew grew up in. This dock is on the Caloosacatchee River.

Thursday night, Friday and Friday night we went to a Fellowship meeting in Dundee, FL, at Faith Holiness Church. Bro. Wilburn Thompson is the pastor. Bro.. Don Rich was the evening speaker. The services were great and the people too!

We left to come home Saturday morning at 6:00 and got home around 5:00 that evening. We were so glad to be home! It sure felt glorious to sleep in my own bed!