Gone
April 18, 2015 -- The hoards are gone. The traffic jams are almost nonexistent. There’s still plenty of humanity around, but the ridiculous level of overcrowdedness has left southwest Florida and won’t return until the end of the year. So I left the island for a while yesterday. Without concern about traffic delays, I found it easier now to plan a trip to the mainland with a sense of vague accuracy about time. While it is nice to patronize island businesses, in such a small town it is impossible to find everything we need. On the mainland, I visited my favorite shoe store, another specialty store, and an outlet store; then it was time to attend the open house at Lee County’s Planned Parenthood clinic. I served on the advisory panel for this local Planned Parenthood years ago, and I knew that the clinic had undergone a major remodeling. Yesterday, I was able to see the transformation. I met a new friend who is in the process of reviv...