Withlacoochee River...and LOVEBUGS, a story

Saturday morning: Wake up at 8:45 (which isn't too late, but I stayed up until 2am talking to a friend). Shower. Dress. Leave hotel at 9:45am. Drive for 45 minutes through jungle country of west peninsula Florida.

Arrive at destination: Wild Bill's Airboat Adventures on the Withlacoochee River.

Cost:$24 for 1 hour private airboat tour on the river.

Sights:
Animals: I saw 5 alligators, 4-5 turtles, a gigantic fish, huge blue pelicans, eagles, huge white birds (don't know name), other huge black birds, wild turkeys, osprey, little black birds with red beaks that run like chickens, a black spider with glowing orange eyes.
Nature: Aspen trees, riverbanks, water, Spanish moss, 700-year-old tree, 25-feet deep natural spring (average temperature at 72 degrees F), ferns, palms, and deep foliage. When our guide cut the engine, you are almost deafened by the sounds of bugs and animals life in the swamp and forest.

Did: Took about 25 pictures.

Food: Went out to food afterward in little town of Inverness at a restaurant called Cinnamon Sticks. Yummy. I'm stuffed.

Soon to come: pictures of the adventure.

OH, on another note, for one of my friends who likes anything to do with love, there are TONS (and I mean SWARMS) of these little black bugs called LOVEBUGS. They are the real thing. The story behind the lovebug is you notice that these bugs are seldom flying solo; lovebugs fly around as they "make love." And seriously, these are some happy bugs, because they are everywhere, all the time, always together. The folktale behind the lovebug origin says that the lovebug was a hybrid made in an attempt to create a bug that would eat mesquitos to cut down on the 'squito population. However, the lovebug soon became too enthralled with its own partner, and now the lovebug is more prominent than the mesquito. Thankfully, the lovebug is so busy that it doesn't bite or sting. :)