Chapter 27: Sign Farm
Everglades
SR28
9:51 P.M.
I didn’t know what to expect to see after dark at Sign Farm. I parked my Mercedes along SR28, hiding it at the nearest turn-off, and walked down a weaving dirt road inside the Everglades. I knew little about the region. Layers of limestone stored water from the vast marshland, and constant flooding occurred in the area because of the Myakka, Kissimmee, and Caloosahatchee Rivers. Calcium and peat deposits were high in the area. The land had often been described as the River of Grass. The abundance of water formed the grasslands.
The night felt warm and wet with a subtropical climate. A light wind blew against my cheeks and forehead, dampening my flesh. The moon hid behind clouds, and I surmised a storm brewed, heading from east to west, t
