Don't you love Florida? Gators, love bugs, rain and all

Big rain on S.R. 70 at Lakewood Ranch Boulevard last week.

Who knows why a gator crosses the road?

Lovebug count diminishing?

Love bug season may be waning. Here's my collection from a round trip to Duette this morning.

Add to that a round trip to Myakka this afternoon, and there were enough bugs to warrant a good scrubbing as soon as we hit the driveway.

Take a look through my bug-smeared windshield and there's a little alligator I spotted crossing the road on State Road 64 near Myakka Head.

Remember that big rainfall last week? That proved to be lovebug antidote for exactly an afternoon.

For more on love bugs, see our recent story:

http://www.bradenton.com/2011/05/04/3165525/hate-those-lovebugs-swarms-of.html


Jim