The Lady Hermes

My family started visiting Captiva Island on the Gulf Coast of Florida when Lizzy (seen in the photo below) was about three years old. Our hosts have been three of the sweetest guys you'll ever meet, the Jensen brothers, John, Dave and Jimmy, (John is absent from the picture for everyone needs a day off – right?) They run the Jensen's Twin Palm Cottages and Marina, which is where you can enjoy the Florida as it used to be and still should be.

When we first went to Sanibel and Captiva seeing an alligator was a rare event. In fact, they were an endangered species. This made me sad, not because they are cute and cuddly, but maybe because I was born and raised in the Deep South, swamp water may run in my veins.  Who knows? But I started researching the plight of alligators, and noticed that over the years, they seemed far more plentiful in our part of Florida. The conservation measures that had been enforced over the years had worked.