One of the several alligators we saw up close. This one was about eight feet long. We also saw an old bull close to shore, but hidden in a mud cave, with his head sticking out. He was big compared to the other 8-10 footers we saw. A good chunk of his face had been torn off years ago. He opened his mouth wide. I counted about five teeth.
Our last day in FLA, we went on a self-guided walking through (part of) the Everglades. It's our Galapagos. It's incredible how much wildlife and vegetation there is per square inch! We saw alligators, sawgrass marshes, bladderwart, and, of course, mangroves, and cypresses, wood storks, ibises; herons and egrets. Thousands of fish. Snakes. And hundreds of critters deeper in the swamps
rustling
chirping
swimming
chomping
swatting
flapping
splashing
crawling
bellowing
buzzing
and rubbing their legs together.
We even attended a brief talk on the endangered Wood Stork. The picture above is one of the docile alligators (really, probably well-fed) we encountered. Wow.
My daughter Claire breaks the fifteen foot rule. . .
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1 comment:
It looks like a great vacation! But I've been waiting for you to weigh in on the port ownership issue, and the Iraq nightmare!
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