Wednesday the 13th
We had a pretty busy day planned so we were out of the coach by 10:30 AM to drive to Evergldes City then down to the end of the road on Chokoloskee Island. Not a lot to see but it was a real cute area for boaters and RVers.
Returning from the island we stopped at a restaurant in Everglades City for a very nice lunch. From lunch we drove to Jungle Ervs Airboat Rides back up on US-41 where we went out for a real speedy ride on one of the bigger airboats thrugh the Everglades swamps. It was a pretty wild ride but everybody had a good time.
From there we drove another sven miles towad Miami and pulled offon apark service road that ran next to a canal leading to the gulf. We had been told by our airboat captain that we would see plenty of alligators there and he was right. We drove along this unpaved road and stopped every 100 feet or so to get out and take pictures of alligators and birds. We must have seen 40 or 50 in less thant two miles.
At one stop, there were several on our side of the canal. One of them was a big bull, hidden in the reeds and he let out a bellow tha sounded like he was only a fewfeet away. Everybody jumed especially when he did it again. We think he may have been calling to his lady friend.
Returning to US-41 we drove to the boardwalk in Fakahatchee Park and went for a mile and a half hike into the swamp. There were lots of birds including a nesting bald eagle. We finally headed back home about 4:30 PM and got there just in time to feed the kids and take them out for a walk.
We went to dinner at a nearby restaurant called MichelBob's (http://www.michelbobs.com/) and had Ribs! Everybody had a little something different but it was all excelent. The rest of the evening we watched a little TV and visited.
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