Myakka River: Home of Alligators And Walking Catfish

Fifteen miles east of Sarasota, Florida, my son Clay, his friend, Abel, and I took a road trip to Myakka River State Park to show me a congregation of alligators. Hurricane Ian in 2023 caused 113 billion dollars’ worth of damages of Florida’s coastline—the worst in history. Recovery of the Park’s damages is still going on; however, most of its beauty was untouched. If you look closely in the thickly forested areas, you can see twisted and felled tall palm trees among torn limbs of the old oaks. Workers certainly have their job cut out for them.