My daughter lives near High Springs , Fla and they rarely go to the beach, but spend almost every weekend at the springs. Last time I went with them we saw no alligators but I freaked when we saw snakes in the water where we were swimming! She took a look and nonchalantly said “Oh, those are just water snakes.” I got out of the water and didn’t go back in. I hate Satan’s little handpuppets as Bubba on Rick and Bubba calls them...lol
You know we will be on the lookout if we decide to jump in the water, which no doubt, we will do at some point!
We are looking forward to this trip. We are visiting family for a few days, and then I’m on a hunt to find what I call “old Florida”. I know there are pockets somewhere around there.
Now that I’ve thoroughly converted my Yankee husband to being a Southern gentleman, we are looking for places that I see in my mind’s eye of memories of the area. Even though he saw it when we first met, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen it other than in pictures.