The everglades are new

1-3-2006 In the morning there was an early swim before my wife’s brother, sister in law and boy and girl munchkins took off for the airport. In the afternoon we took an electric boat ride at the nature conservancy hearing about the history of the everglades and the delicacy of the current ecosystem. Interesting points included that at this latitude most of the world is desert and that the current ecosystem in southern Florida is rather new only having existed since the last ice age about 10,000 years ago. At the conservancy is a wood carver of exceptional ability. He has an open workshop so one can watch him carve away. A friend brought over some excellent lasagna for supper. I walked about four miles up to the Venetian Village and back. The evening was warm with a gentile breeze as I walked between the mountainous condominiums. Although it was far from natural; it was beautiful.