I drove George to Naples which is on the west coast
of Florida, so she could visit her parents. It's not a bad drive, about 85
miles, of which 78 are along Alligator Alley. Now
it's I-75 and four lanes wide, but when I moved down here in 1979
it was a two lane road with a high death rate on it (78 miles with no exits
and a huge truck doing 50 in front of you the tempation to pass is all too
great … do you see where this is going?). It still has its share of
accidents but they're not nearly as bad. And there are actually
two exits now between the endpoints. Woo hoo!
The drive over took a little over an hour (Speed limit on Alligator Alley:
70 mph) so it wasn't that bad (it
takes an hour to go from West Palm Beach to Miami and both are considered
local towns here in South Florida). And dispite the please from George's
parents, I could not stay for dinner as I had to drive back across the state
to pick up Spring
from work.
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