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                               Alligator Alley

I drove George to Naples [1] which is on the west coast of Florida, so she
could visit her parents. It's not a bad drive, about 85 miles, of which 78
are along Alligator Alley. [2] Now it's I-75 and four lanes wide, [3] but
when I moved down here in 1979 it was a two lane road with a high death rate
on it (78 miles with no exits and a huge truck doing 50 in front of you the
tempation to pass is all too great … do you see where this is going?). It
still has its share of accidents but they're not nearly as bad. And there are
actually two exits now between the endpoints. Woo hoo!

The drive over took a little over an hour (Speed limit on Alligator Alley: 70
mph (Miles Per Hour)) so it wasn't that bad (it takes an hour to go from West
Palm Beach to Miami and both are considered local towns here in South
Florida). And dispite the please from George's parents, I could not stay for
dinner as I had to drive back across the state to pick up Spring [4] from
work.

[1] http://www.naples-online.com/
[2] http://www.naples.net/history/aalley.htm
[3] http://sofia.usgs.gov/virtual_tour/alalley/
[4] http://www.springdew.com/

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