Our three-generational traveling party, Mary, Daria and I, left West Virginia on a chilly March afternoon. By evening of the next day we had shed our winter wraps and were standing by the waves on Madeira Beach, Florida. Mary graciously loaned us her car, so Daria and I proceeded to St. Petersburg. From there we made day trips to Siesta Key, where the sand looks like superfine sugar, and to Homosassa Springs. Miami was further away than we thought it was. It took six hours, driving the fastest way, via the Tamiami Trail, or Alligator Alley. On our return from Miami to St. Pete, Daria saw 109 alligators!

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