If spring was lurking in central Alabama, I wouldn't know. A dense fog enveloped the highway from Birmingham to Montgomery and the adjacent landscape was all but invisible. South of Montgomery, however, early leafing of shrubs and small trees was evident, a reliable sign that we had entered the season of renewal.
When we reached Interstate 10, in the Florida Panhandle, we found ourselves in the midst of extensive tree damage from Hurricane Michael that ravaged the region last October. Mixed among the carnage were flowering red maples, another sign that we had changed seasons. Heading east on the Interstate, we found that the tree damage extended to the outskirts of Tallahassee; thereafter, the greenery of spring was persistent, including a green blush in the canopy of large trees.
Later, driving south down the Florida Peninsula on I-75, we eventually reached the Subtropics where the classic seasons are replaced by two: the Dry Season, from December to May, and the Wet (Hurricane) Season, from June to November. We had reached Spring and left it behind in the same day.
When we reached Interstate 10, in the Florida Panhandle, we found ourselves in the midst of extensive tree damage from Hurricane Michael that ravaged the region last October. Mixed among the carnage were flowering red maples, another sign that we had changed seasons. Heading east on the Interstate, we found that the tree damage extended to the outskirts of Tallahassee; thereafter, the greenery of spring was persistent, including a green blush in the canopy of large trees.
Later, driving south down the Florida Peninsula on I-75, we eventually reached the Subtropics where the classic seasons are replaced by two: the Dry Season, from December to May, and the Wet (Hurricane) Season, from June to November. We had reached Spring and left it behind in the same day.
