They took our suggestion and today was airboat tour day. Frank and Carrie reserved a private tour of the Everglades for themselves and their son Leo who is visiting for a few days and they invited us to join them. The tour was awesome. We saw lots of interesting birds and lots of alligators. Flying along through the sawgrass in an airboat is a truly exhilarating experience. It almost makes you forget you are in a boat on the water – it feels (and looks) like you are traveling through a wheat field. What a great way to spend a few hours.
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| Tricolored Heron |
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| looking out over the sawgrass |
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| it is hard to imagine an airboat goes through this, but it does |
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| another part of our airboat tour - cruising down a fire lane |
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| the flower in the lily pads |
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| White Ibis in the top of a tree |
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| the White Ibis decide to fly as we get closer |
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| one of the many alligators we saw |
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| an alligator swimming across the fire lane |
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| an alligator sunning himself |
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| more flowering plants in the Everglades |
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| Pond Apple trees - they are just beginning to get their leaves back - they will produce fruit this summer ready for picking in the late summer |
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| Common Moorhen |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| a path onto a research island in the Everglades |
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