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This otter was very camera shy and very fast. He swam around the pond and boardwalk eating fish but somehow always managed to be behind trees or bushes.

We finally saw a couple of alligators in one of the ponds.

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This woodpecker was on a tree about 10 feet from the boardwalk and we watched it for quite a while. My head started to hurt just listening to it hammering away at the tree.

We expected to see lots of birds, turtles, a few alligators but we were very surprised when starring into the woods to see a bobcat and racoon having a starring match just a few feet away from each other.

Six Mile Slough

 One of my driving buddies Tim and I spent a morning at this wetland preserve in Fort Myers while he was in town.

There is a mile or so path and boardwalk through the wetlands that passes several lakes and ponds. We were there pretty early in the morning so the lake was mirror smooth which makes for good reflection photos.

There is a lot of wildlife including many different types of birds.

Cars On Fifth

 One of my best fun driving road buddies was in Florida for a couple of weeks so we did some biking, wildlife viewing and attended the Cars on Fifth show in Naples. For two cars guys it was several hours of "I want that one, and one of those and...". Basically every dream car on our wish lists.

The show had a little of everything but mostly high-end exotics.

Maryland Tim, one of my fun driving friends.

It was very crowded and almost impossible to get good photos of cars without people in the way, or shadows or reflections of people.

There were people everywhere. The show's gotten so big they are talking about canceling it or moving it to another location in the future.

Mclaren had a huge collection of very cool cars.

It was just a couple of month before that I saw my first LFA in person, at Cars & Coffee Boca and here they had 2 of them.

There were Porsche's of every model and color, it was like the old Sears christmas catalog from when I was a kid, what dreams were made of. 

The Ford GTs had their own parking lot for both 05-06 generations and several of the latest generation.

There were so many Ferrari's they had their own street and it was full of every color and model up to include a La Ferrari.

Christmas at Tapoco Lodge

 Christmas 25 was in the 60's in North Carolina where we go for fun driving. One of my driving buddies Bama Dave suggested a last minute trip with our wives, so sightseeing and good food and NO fast driving since both our wives hate that. It was perfect top down driving and the day we headed home it dropped to the 30's so we timed it perfect.

Christmas in North Carolina and the weather was beautiful, warm and sunny and perfect for top down driving.

Bridal Veil Falls on route 64 between Franklin and Highlands NC.

One of the overlooks on Foothills Parkway just south of Gatlinburg TN.

Bald River Falls just off the Cherohala Skyway. They rebuilt the bridge over the river a couple of summers about and it's a perfect spot for photos of the falls.

Christmas golf cart and boat parade

 During Christmas everyone in our development in Florida decorates their golf carts and boats and has parades for both.