Happy Valentines Day, everybody, from my new friend Gertie the Alligator

Here she is.

We met in the Everglades last week and got along famously.

Bound for the Everglades

This will be part of my new book in progress, tentatively titled Soaked to the Bone. I'll take loads of notes. Looking forward to the gators but not so much the mosquitoes. Thinking I should have seam-sealed my tent; potential rain out there. More soon.