We had an early(ish) start today to go on a boat trip into the
Everglades. And it was worth the prompt start as the trip was excellent.
We started in the marina and spent a bit of time there watching the
manatees. They come into the marina to get warm as the water is warmer there
than further out to sea. They’re magnificent creatures, closely related to the
elephant. They were all around the boat and pop up for just a couple of seconds
to breath. They are very difficult to photograph!
Then the boat went out through the islands. The area is called The 10,000
Islands and the reason is obvious as there are mangrove islands as far as you
can see (and a lot further). And the wildlife is spectacular. We saw another alligator,
dolphins, several ospreys, herons, egrets, terns, starfish (which they are
trying to get known as seastars as apparently they aren’t really fish),
raccoons, sea cucumbers and more.
We stopped on one of the furthest out islands where we could walk
around which was idyllic and on the way back all the kids had a turn at being
Captain of the boat.
After lunch we headed into Everglades City where we were lucky to join
a Ranger talk about turtles before the kids did their Rangers tasks in their books
and got sworn in as Junior Rangers for the Everglades Park.
Then it was back to the hotel for a swim, tea and bed.
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