We were interested in the Top Taste Jamaican
Restaurant in Florida City, but its hours did not
mesh with ours, as we had breakfast provided,
which would tide us over until late afternoon or
evening, and in between there were Everglades
to see, which we did with enthusiasm. We didn't
get all the way through, maybe half, but there
were plenty of things to see including the
occasional alligator (these were not so abundant
as we were led to believe, plus my eyesight doesn't
allow much except if the critters are pretty close.
Mostly Lilli pointed, and I sighted down her arm,
and I could see some stuff - in addition to the
gators, various fish down in the murk and birds up
above. We walked through a couple mangrove forests,
but these were mostly on sturdy walkways (don't
want to feed the critters too well by dumping
tourists in), and I didn't see much except trees
and weeds. She apparently saw more.

Our last meal was at Shiver's BBQ, a good-ole-boy
place on Dixie Highway that I'd read about. It was
on the route back north, so we chose that instead
of any place more challenging to get to. It's a
big rectangular room with the cashier and kitchen
on one end. Picnic-type tables with a smattering of
custom even in midafternoon, and people kept coming
in in dribs and drabs while we ate. We got a light
meal of half a pound of burnt ends (these came with a
standard sauce poured over - I should have remembered
to ask for on the side - and a plate of fried green
tomatoes with ranch on the side. The burnt ends were
pretty good - smoky, mostly tender, fairly fatty, and
one could wipe the sauce off. She ate her share of meat
avidly but shunned the green tomatoes ("aren't they
poisonous?"}, which were kind of green even for me,
sour and borderline hard, but I like most fried things
and most green tomatoes. Here the sauce helped me get
through the generous serving. And so back to the
airport, where we found that our 777 with at least
37 first-class seats had been swapped out with a 767
with 28. Lilli ended up #1 or 2 on the list of failed
upgrades; I was at 6 or so, so both of us would have
made it if there hadn't been the switch.

AA2427 MIA DFW 1735 2002 763 was 772 28AB

More snoozes for me and a Word Connect session for her,
plus the free booze and snack that American gives high
elites for consolation. Lilli got two Woodford Reserves
and gave me one, and the flight went on pleasantly.
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We were interested in the Top Taste Jamaican
Restaurant in Florida City, but its hours did not
mesh with ours, as we had breakfast provided,
which would tide us over until late afternoon or
evening, and in between there were Everglades
to see, which we did with enthusiasm. We didn't
get all the way through, maybe half, but there
were plenty of things to see including the
occasional alligator (these were not so abundant
as we were led to believe, plus my eyesight doesn't
allow much except if the critters are pretty close.
Mostly Lilli pointed, and I sighted down her arm,
and I could see some stuff - in addition to the
gators, various fish down in the murk and birds up
above. We walked through a couple mangrove forests,
but these were mostly on sturdy walkways (don't
want to feed the critters too well by dumping
tourists in), and I didn't see much except trees
and weeds. She apparently saw more.

Our last meal was at Shiver's BBQ, a good-ole-boy
place on Dixie Highway that I'd read about. It was
on the route back north, so we chose that instead
of any place more challenging to get to. It's a
big rectangular room with the cashier and kitchen
on one end. Picnic-type tables with a smattering of
custom even in midafternoon, and people kept coming
in in dribs and drabs while we ate. We got a light
meal of half a pound of burnt ends (these came with a
standard sauce poured over - I should have remembered
to ask for on the side - and a plate of fried green
tomatoes with ranch on the side. The burnt ends were
pretty good - smoky, mostly tender, fairly fatty, and
one could wipe the sauce off. She ate her share of meat
avidly but shunned the green tomatoes ("aren't they
poisonous?"}, which were kind of green even for me,
sour and borderline hard, but I like most fried things
and most green tomatoes. Here the sauce helped me get
through the generous serving. And so back to the
airport, where we found that our 777 with at least
37 first-class seats had been swapped out with a 767
with 28. Lilli ended up #1 or 2 on the list of failed
upgrades; I was at 6 or so, so both of us would have
made it if there hadn't been the switch.

AA2427 MIA DFW 1735 2002 763 was 772 28AB

More snoozes for me and a Word Connect session for her,
plus the free booze and snack that American gives high
elites for consolation. Lilli got two Woodford Reserves
and gave me one, and the flight went on pleasantly.
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)