Rachel and Katie decided to bail on the trip. They rode back to the Publix and got an extra large Lyft back to Fort Myers. They were massively disappointed, but the further into the trip, the better the decision turned out to be. Dwight and I packed up and made good time to the grocery store, but it was only 20 miles away, with 30 miles left go afterwards. I decided that there must be stuff that was fun to do in Everglade City, but the restaurants are mostly family diner kind of stuff and the only interesting attraction was the observation tower. It was a bit of a slug fest to do the last 30 miles to the campground, but Laura encouraged us to stop to see the alligator she had spotted. I noticed two babies; the first one I mistook for a bird feather. All I could see was the tail, striped like a hawk tail feather. Many white ibis, storks and great egrets, as well as something that looks part wood pecker, part kingfisher, which I believe were green herons.
Almost 90° again, with very little cloud cover and no shade. We stopped many times, but made it all right. Unfortunately there are no showers at the campground, so sponge baths it was. Oddly enough, there were washers and dryers. Still loads of mosquitoes.
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