Sunday October 12th 2025

Fall has arrived in Florida. The thermometer didn’t reach eighty on Saturday and the overnight temperatures are steadily in the sixties. Even though daily highs will still be in the eighties and occasionally in the nineties, once the overnights get below seventies outside activities become much more pleasurable.

This weekend had two hikes (read as walks) in the outdoors on the agenda. One day was in the wildlife preserve near my base camp and the other was in a park around Lake Mineola in Clermont. Both were refreshing light exercise. I was disappointed not to see any wading birds to take pictures of, but found a few wild flowers available for pictures.

The area also seems to have a different vibe in the air. Traffic patterns are changing. Perhaps there are more car on the road. The park surrounding my base camp continues to come out of summer hibernation. Most of the returning residents have Florida license plates indicating they call this home and somewhere else their temporary home. I suspect the ones that claim northern residences as primary will arrive later. Either way there is more life in the place.