Orchid Island was very pretty.  We saw a feline- animal- something that belonged to the above track...it had 5 toes???? Possible bob cat...5 toes???

MI RANCHITO, 710 West Main ST, Immokalee, Ice cream, excellent authentic Mexican food and tres- leche-cake....everything here is fabulous....never knew about this place; which is too bad.  Love, love, love this place. A must see and eat!  We took 4, of at least 12 different cakes, with us to go!  Excellent. 

Immokalee to Big Cypress National Park. Meet Jimi and Korrisa from CT they are traveling US for a year in a truck camper...guessing late 20's for age. Hope to follow her on Pinterest...

​  Big Cypress to Flamingo NP.... Cracker Barrel for camp site....Leaving 8am we drove through dense fog which was beautiful creating a fog rainbow...prettier in person.

The harvestors with a back drop of fog was surreal... 

...6 hours later the same field

Much of the park was not functioning properly because many areas were under water from so much rain.

Left the day after Christmas, December 26 with brother Jack and Glenny.  Took 3 days and two nights  to travel the distance to Florida. NOTE TO SELF: Never travel to Florida again the day after Christmas because traffic is out of control. Took 15 hours to travel 550miles that day.
​Stopping at Riverbend for the first night.  Jack and Glenny took our lot for the night and we were cast out of the park and slept in our rig by the flag pole outside of the gate...we are no longer a class A motor coach so we were not allowed to stay even in the parking lot overnight....fine with us but there were some petty people in the park that complained about it...Beautiful 2016 Ford 350 King Ranch Truck and a 2016 Luxury Host Truck Camper, nice looking Rig but still not good enough for the nit pickers of this mostly wonderful resort....we welcome our wonderful change in travel and say good bye to the beautiful resort with the handful of busy bodies that love to complain...

Meet Joe....he travels around Florida distributing Bibles to individuals who do not have one.  His ways are eccentric but to talk with him you know he is genuine.  God Bless You Joe it was nice to meet you.  

The sun set in RiverBend quite often reflects in the East as well as the West...as seen in my drive by shots here...

Trish, Lee, Bob, Jack, Glenny, Vonnie...The gang is all here.  Wonderful Pontoon boats from FishTale Marina in Fort Myer Beach.  Far enough south to avoid traffic.  Cruised the intercostal and to Lover's Key and the Dog Park Beach.  

 ...this video on the right is of a school of fish and dolphins swiming at Lovers Key, Florida.  We watched them for a half hour for sure and they were still there when we left.  

Back to the Riverbed for two weeks staying in the LaBelle area at Whisper Creek.  Saw many friends and were given the royal treatment by some....dominos too of coarse with Bruce, Cammie and Chase. On Saturdays special men of the resort wake up very early and prepare breakfast for anyone who comes down to the river club house.  $6.00 buys anything you want to eat and have them make special.  Truly a huge blessing for the resort, good times and good food.  The money collected buys extra fun things for the resort and donations to the local charities.  The following is a video of the Breakfast boys music break in-between making omelets and waffles. Too funny, they work hard and play hard. Thank you men.

After Bonita we went to Whisper Creek in LaBelle so we could be close to our friends and our Riverbed lot.  Renters were coming and we needed to clean up the lot.  We were there January 1-14.  After careful examination by Ford professionals in LaBelle, Fort Lauderdale and Holland Michigan, it was found that our 2016 truck was vandelized in our second destination area.  $2,000. total damages.....it takes a person that we do not understand to do this...we are very thankful we do not understand...enough said...