Chapter One
Welcome to the Everglades
"Are we there yet?" eighteen-year-old Bess Marvin grumbled. "It feels like we've
been driving forever."
Nancy Drew glanced into the rearview mirror of the rental car and smiled at her
friend, who was fidgeting in the backseat. "Almost. The sign back there said
that the entrance to Everglades National Park was coming right up."
George Fayne, who was sitting next to Nancy, spread the map of southern Florida
across her lap. She smoothed the crinkles and creases with her fingertips. "The
Everglades is huge. Like millions of acres. The place where we're
staying, Flamingo, is only a tiny part of it."
"Flamingo is way at the bottom of the Everglades, right on Florida Bay," Nancy
explained.
Nancy turned off the air conditioner and rolled the window down slightly. A hot
breeze blew against her face and ruffled her reddish blond hair.
The scenery was the same as it had been for the last half hour: dry, flat
fields; orange farms; and the occasional grocery store, house, or strip mall
with forlorn-looking For Rent signs.
The scenery didn't look anything like what Susan Bokan had described to Na ... read full excerpt from Nancy Drew #161: Lost in the Everglades ebook
