It was a long drive from my home in North Miami to the part of the Trail where I last left off about 15 miles east of Sebring – the auto race track town. Stiff from sitting I take to the trail none the less and complete the section which ends at Bluff Hammock. And then, a nice red snapper dinner at a Latino restaurant. So much for camping out!
Rain and wind delayed mice start after driving a long way from my home in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. But I make my way semi-enthusiastically nonetheless along the L-3 canal. Freshly caught and recently harvested sugarcane fields of my interest. I had forgotten that this part of Central Florida is called the sweetest part of Florida because of the hundreds of acres of sugarcane fields planted and maintained by the American sugar Corporation. I briefly recall my many years in Brooklyn New York and the colleagues I had no one who worked for Amstar Corporation in their sugarcane processing plant located on Brooklyn’s East River waterfront. From time to time I hear splashing of water as animals jumping to the canal when I approach. I know they are alligators but today I do not see them.
I end the day at the John Stretch Park a few miles west of the pump house.