Enjoy South Florida’s Quirky Winter Ways With These 11 Activities

A great blue heron walks away with a fish in its mouth at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida. John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS

By Lois K. Solomon From South Florida Sun-Sentinel

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—South Florida residents are used to the weird. Mailboxes shaped like manatees, buildings painted pink, and trees eating up sidewalks are part of the quirky landscape.