I've never made a major change in my life on Halloween before, but it happened to fall on this day. So, with Christmas tunes playing on the iPod (yep, I like to start early) I made the long drive down to Hendry Co. Florida, my new home. I quickly met up with the town's most mature cheerleader, Miss Opal and she began to tell me histories of this and that, as she drove me around the Clewiston neighborhoods. (For a 90ish year old woman, she can still keep it in the road...thankfully). Miss Opal is campaign manger for a local commissioner race, and I saw evidence of her hard work in many yards along the way. The most beautiful sight was driving up to the levee of Lake Okeechobee (going forward will be referred to as
"the big O"). I could see the south shore of the lake and learned that it spans a good 100 miles or more making it the 2nd largest freshwater lake in the U.S. (that is big) It makes me anxious to get on the water and see how the big O looks up close, but that will be for another day. I've already bought my new fishing shades, so I'm ready for the adventure to begin.
PS. If you're wondering what's the largest freshwater lake,
it's Lake Michigan, and only the great lake entirely in the U.S.
