We did a few chores today around the house and got some Christmas lights up, then went off to do a bit of running around We were in Kendall so with it being so close to the Chekika Area of the park, we dropped by to visit with Larry & Sharon Hagen who are volunteering there. As we had not let them know ahead, we happened to meet Sharon as she went off to Homestead to do some shopping, and neither of us noticed so didn't get to see her this trip. Still, we did have a good visit with Larry and also met the ranger he works with. 

On the way back we stopped for dinner at the local KFC. One thing that we find interesting to note is that in both Kendall and West Miami, it is very rare to hear English spoken. We had been aware that there has been a great influx of Spanish speaking people into the area, but even most anglo folks speak Spanish and in most places we stopped, we believe that we were the only people who spoke only English.