Wednesday, September 15, 2021 temperature – Off the scale!<\/p>\n
We took another boat ride today this time was out in the Chokoloskee bay, near Everglade City, where we found a couple of dolphins and a manatee, a few birds, no gators from this boat, gators are freshwater and we were in salt water, but we did find some later. The boat ride was around 90 minutes. Four passengers, a captain and another guy who helped to spot the animals. The water was calm and the boat was powered by twin Yamaha 250’s so at times we moved along at a pretty good clip.<\/p>\n
They call the southern coastal area the 10,000 islands, what’s misleading about that is what they classify \u00a0as an island if a mangrove seed floats around sprouts roots and stops floating around, it’s considered an island even though there is no dry land, yes, a single mangrove tree growing by its self is considered an island.<\/p>\n
After the boat ride we drove up another scenic drive, this one was 6 miles in and 6 out, it was actually a State park and cost us $3 to get in. \u00a0On the way in on the pothole filled road we did see 1 gator on the road and he hit the water as soon as he saw us, on the way out I did see a smaller 1 foot or so long baby gator, resting on a log, again he took off as soon I spotted him.<\/p>\n\n\t\t