POTPOURRI--

Florida has an abundance of signs dealing with critters.  We encountered the one above while on a visit to Nalcrest a retirement community for postal workers located just east of Lake Wales, FL.  Our companions on this outing, Dick and Dee Weeks, have friends who live here and assured us alligators are ALWAYS found on their visits--except, of course, on days of such assurances.

The community does surround a system of lakes and canals where the gator population can be challenging.

Panthers also are known to inhabit that general area as announced by signs like this along SR 60 in the area south of Lake Kissimmee.  Although these wild cats are an endangered species folks are advised to be cautious in the area.

Then, there are feral pigs and the relatively new challenge of large python snakes just establishing themselves in the Everglades, generally south of Lake Okeechobee.

Yes, indeed, snowbirding has its challenges.

I hope we don't find you feeling sorry for us, however.  < Smile >