Where The Sun Always Shines

"We are going to the place that never rains" he said, "the place that is always hot" he said. 

18inches of rain 6 hours later. Sunny my arse!! 

Let me take you back a few days where rain clouds covered the sky so Neil says to me "let's go to Wakadahatchee" "wakadahooha what?" we went to a swamp. How romantic. Upon arrival we see the sign "beware the alligators" and walk up a wooden slope over swamp land and low and behold, first thing we see? A log. Or what I thought was a log, it was in fact a swimming log! Bingo! Hello Mrs alligator, please don't eat me...

We walk around the corner and see a spectacular sight. Mummy gator I. The water right next to the path and 15 or so babies making their way into the water, it was amazing, no more than 10 ft away. A sight I certainly won't forget. 

That night we are sat around the kitchen table at grandma Lee's, when the power completely cut out half way through a game of rummykub. We didn't really think anything of it until we woke up the next morning to see, not a car park but a river running just outside the front of the building.... "Florida is so dry" he said....

However, we took this as a little adventure and decided to go for a walk. Turns out it became more like a swim. We walked around the corner to find the entrance to the community flooded and cars abandoned. "It will be fun to wade through" he said and my gosh he was right!! As Neil and I hoiked our shorts up higher , the water lapping at our knees "beware the alligators". Oh cripes, here we go. Our slow pace turns into high knee kicks through the water to the path on the other side. What should have taken 10 mind took us an hour. But heck, it was most certainly a good giggle!!

Beauty of a storm is the sun that follows and my goodness what a sun!! 28 degrees Celsius and yes, we are by the pool lapping up the rays in true British fashion and our day has certainly been one of hilarity. 

Any Brit who has been to the states will know that the phrase "oh my god I love your accent" will be heard daily and today has been no different. We have been befriended by the local gossip clan of ladies who love a good chinwag and find it hilarious to say goodbye saying "pip pip cheerio" because of course we are all Dick van dyke in 19th century Britain!! So as they were leaving today they gave us both a Nick name. Pip ans Ronny. Oh my..... 

Pip pip cheerio for now