Left Ormond Beach early for the 5 hour drive to Naples. Instead of taking interstates 4 and 75 all the way, we broke it up with a more interesting drive on route 17 through orange groves and small towns. We checked in a motel near town and drove over to Big Cypress National Park in the everglades to visit with our nephew Ryan who works there as a park ranger. He showed us some of the flora and fauna and I was amazed how many alligators actually inhabit the swamps. On the way back to Naples, we drove down to Everglades City and had scenic lunch at the Everglades Seafood Depot Restaurant. That evening we met Ryan and his wife Claire for dinner at Vergina where we had a nice Italian meal with good wine and wonderful conversation. It was really nice to be able to visit with them.
The next day (Wednesday) was uneventful. I spent the morning doing this stupid blog and Sylvia did something too - don't ask me, I don't know. For lunch we drove downtown to Old Naples on 3rd Street South and walked around a bit before stopping for lunch at the Old Naples Pub which wasn't very good, or maybe we just didn't order right. As expected, right after that we walked up the street and saw what looked like a great little place called Cafe Barcelona on 13th Ave. If I ever get back here, that is where I'm going to eat. After a stop at the City Dock for a beer and a wasted walk through Tin City, we went back to the room and decided that we wanted to cut back on the food and drink for awhile. About two hours later we went to Capricco's for antipasto, pizza and wine. At least every other restaurant in Naples is Italian and most of them seem to be pretty good. I saved some of the excellent tomato, olive, and anchovy pizza for breakfast and crashed early.
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