As we drove along in the rental car in Sunshine State, I kept saying how nice it was to have the windows open, to feel the warm breeze. Then we passed through a flat section of farm, where trucks were spraying the fields with liquid. I’m not sure what was in the spray: fertilizer, perhaps, or insectides, or both. I have no way of knowing what toxins it might contain. But I rolled up the window quickly as the truck moved towards us, and our whole car was soon covered with a sticky film. When we drove back through that evening, the trucks were still out spraying, and our car was doused yet again.
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Ugh.
Yeah. Ugh.
Ew.
That said, I've enjoyed reading about your trip to Sunshine State. Your observations make me think of my own initial impressions of my new, alligator-y state. Mosquito dusting - pick up trucks souped up with what look like giant air horns, rumbling through the streets after dark, shooting clouds of insecticide into the air - was a new experience for me. And I am more mindful of where I put my feet, but that's mostly because of fire ant mounds. Those dangers aside, I love the lizards and orange trees, the palm fronds and live oak branches that grow everywhere in a near-explosion of greenery. I hope your trip was a nice mid-winter respite!
We did have a wonderful trip. It made me realize why people in the northeast so often go to Florida in the winter!
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